The Life of structures : physical testing

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The Life of structures : physical testing

edited by G.S.T. Armer, J.L. Clarke, F.K. Garas

Butterworths, 1989

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

ISBN 9780408003568

Description

This title includes proceedings of a conference in April 1987 organised by the Model Analysis as a Design Tool Study Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers.
Volume

ISBN 9780408042451

Description

This volume is based upon the proceedings of an international seminar when a group of experts addressed the common goal of predicting the life of structures by interpreting their own special knowledge as part of a design process. 51 papers are reproduced together with written discussion and commentaries. The subjects covered which are related to the life of structures are: basic principles of design and assessment, structural environments, materials and test methods, nuclear and special structures, bridges, the performance of populations of structures. Together these represent a state-of-the-art examination of design for durability in the built environment.

Table of Contents

  • Methodology for the prediction of the life of existing structures
  • serviceability and its role in structural life predicting
  • reliability of service proven structural systems
  • life cycle financial analysis for bridge rehabilitation
  • life prediction and optimum safety
  • the life of structures
  • wind data in structural life assessment
  • fatigue life estimation of offshore tubular joints using test data and service experience
  • some effects of micro environment on materials
  • deterioration of factory units used as metal plating shops
  • repair materials and repaired structures in a varying environment
  • assessing structures through field measured dynamic response
  • monitoring of service reservoir foundation condition by dynamic testing techniques
  • physical properties of structures investigates of complex LPS joints
  • the stiffness damage test - a quantitative method of assessing damaged concrete
  • inspection practices for concrete structures in the UK
  • monitoring the stress-strain behaviour of prestressed concrete structures
  • towards better reactor containments
  • 20 years of surveyors' experience of PCPV at Wylfa nuclear power station
  • structure assessment of thick reinforced concrete pile caps using 1/5 scale models
  • the structural performance of damaged concrete elements
  • the Mary Rose dry dock dam
  • life expectancy of hull structures of boats
  • the life of steel structures in the marine environment
  • time dependent strength properties of materials
  • chloride-induced corrosion of steel in concrete - investigations with a concrete corrosion cell
  • concrete cover design
  • in-situ measurement of permeability of concrete cover by overpressure
  • concrete shrinks, problems don't
  • lifetime performance and test induced damage in wood structures
  • the durability of adhesive bonds in structural applications
  • establishing and implementing the long term constitutive behaviour of structural plastic pipe linings
  • testing of brick masonry piers at seventy years
  • determination of in-situ stress in masonry structures
  • calibration of the British Ceramic Research Ltd panel freezing test against exposure site result
  • the performance of masonry arch bridges
  • the performance of masonry arch bridges with ring separation
  • discussion comparing the performance of bridges in Dorset from 1066 to present day
  • a concrete ancient monument
  • durability assessment of concrete bridges by in-situ testing
  • early results
  • the effect of local corrosion on the life of bridge deck slabs
  • predicting the fatique life of steel bridge decks
  • damage diagnosis and assessment of remaining fatique life time of old steel bridges. (Part contents)

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