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The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2015

Performance of landslide debris-resisting baffles

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Pages 235-246 | Received 22 Apr 2015, Accepted 06 Aug 2015, Published online: 31 Dec 2015

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