Durability of engineering structures design, repair and maintenance

• Main Author: Bijen, Jan
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : Cambridge : CRC ; Woodhead, 2003.
• Subjects: Strength of materials.; Structural engineering.; Materials > Deterioration.; Building materials > Service life.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781855738560; 9781613443538; 9781855736955; 9780849317705; 9781280373275
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xiii, 262 p.) : ill.

Structures often deteriorate because not enough attention is given during the design stage. Designing for durability is often left to the structural designer or architect who does not have the necessary skills, and the result is all too often failure, incurring high maintenance and repair costs. Kno...