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The manual provides main information about metals (steels and aluminum alloys), their physical and mechanical properties and calculation of metal structures produced with the help of electric welding for strength, stability and rigidity. The manual is designed for university students of aviation and building specialties as well as engineers of designing, building and operating airports, industrial and civil constructions. For students of higher education institutions doing the courses in the branch "Civil Engineering".

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Andriy Bielyatynskyi, DSc, Prof., Head of Airports and Highways Reconstruction Department, National Aviation University; Valeriy Pershakov, DSc, Prof. at Airports and Highways Reconstruction Department, National Aviation University; Viktoriia Ivannikova, PhD, Assoc. Prof. at Air Transportation Management Department, National Aviation University.

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