Durability of engineering structures : design, repair and maintenance

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...

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Main Author Bijen, Jan
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : Cambridge : CRC ; Woodhead, 2003.
Subjects
Strength of materials.
Structural engineering.
Materials > Deterioration.
Building materials > Service life.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1855738562
9781855738560
9781613443538
1613443536
1855736950
9781855736955
9780203486306
0203486307
0849317703
9780849317705
128037327X
9781280373275
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • About the author
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Metals
  • 2.1 General
  • 2.2 Corrosion mechanisms
  • 2.3 Corrosion types
  • 2.4 Metal corrosion in practice
  • 2.5 Protection of metals
  • 2.6 References
  • 3 Concrete
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Chemical degradation mechanisms
  • 3.3 Frost ... thaw and de-icing salt damage
  • 3.4 Reinforcement corrosion
  • 3.5 Principles of protection and repair of concrete structures
  • 3.6 Repair mortars
  • 3.7 Crack repair methods
  • 3.8 Protective surface treatments
  • 3.9 Cathodic protection systems
  • 3.10 Practical cases of repair
  • 3.11 References
  • 4 Wood
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Deterioration
  • 4.3 Protection
  • 4.4 Hazard and durability classes
  • 4.5 Maintenance and restoration
  • 4.6 Repair
  • 4.7 References
  • 5 New high-performance materials
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 High-performance concrete
  • 5.3 High-performance steel
  • 5.4 Fibre-reinforced polymers
  • 5.5 References
  • 6 Strategies for durability design, maintenance and repair
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Definitions
  • 6.3 Listing of deterioration mechanisms and effects
  • 6.4 Approaches to design for service life
  • 6.5 Probabilistic approach to service life design
  • 6.6 Redundancy and over-design
  • 6.7 Maintenance strategies
  • 6.8 Life-cycle costing
  • 6.9 Environmental life-cycle assessment
  • 6.10 References
  • 7 Case studies
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Specification
  • 7.3 Case study 1: steel and concrete bridges in a warm marine environment
  • 7.4 Repair of reinforced concrete floors
  • 7.5 Wooden piles
  • 7.6 References.

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