Lifetime-Oriented Structural Design Concepts
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3642014615 | edition 2009 | PDF | 728 pages | 35,8 mb
Safety and reliability are important for the whole expected service duration of an engineering structure. Therefore, prognostical solutions for different building types are needed and uncertainties have to be handled. Life-cycle strategies to control future structural degradations by concepts of appropriate design have to be developed, in case including means of inspection, maintenance, and repair. Aspects of costs and sustainability also matter.