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Comment by Satish Soni on July 6th, 2011 at 9:30 am

In Para 3 change the word “inefficient…” to “efficient…”

Comment by Satish Soni on July 6th, 2011 at 9:39 am

Structural Elements Table – SHELL is included as predominantly tension element is incorrect.

Shell is predominantly a compression member as correctly explained further in the section below on SHELL

Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on October 19th, 2011 at 10:04 am

Thank you for your comments. The typo has been corrected.

Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on October 19th, 2011 at 10:08 am

Shells are actually both tension and compression elements. The table has been adjusted to reflect this.

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