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1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
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its ()"')*e&e!o#
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structure
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S,%er%o)"!"o#
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e,"&"(r",m-
Tr#)fer)the l#a" t# c#nti5u#us structural c#)p#nents - Trans,ers
the l#a"
)fe&$ - Trans,ers the l#a"s t# the fo,#d!"o# /#0 "# y#u
assess the )fe %erform#'e#, a structure? - /#0 "#es a structure
6ec#)e unsa,e? - Co&&%)e or f"&,re- U#)er"'e(&e-
Unsa,e "ue t#
,#e2%e'!ed de)"+# )'e#r"o#r shall 0e say ,#3")e de)"+#
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