Durability of Engineering Structures Design Repair and Maintenance 1st Edition by Jan Bijen 1855736950 9781855736955

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ISBN 10: 1855736950

ISBN 13: 9781855736955

Author: Jan Bijen

Civil engineering failures currently amount to 5 to 10 % of the total investment in new buildings and structures. These failures not only represent important cost considerations, they also have an environmental burden associated with them. Structures often deteriorate because not enough attention is given during the design stage and most standards for structural design do not cover design for service life. Designing for durability is often left to the structural designer or architect who may not have the necessary skills, and the result is all too often failure, incurring high maintenance and repair costs. Knowledge of the long-term behaviour of materials, building components and structures is the basis for avoiding these failures.

Durability of engineering structures uses on the design of buildings for service life, effective maintenance and repair techniques in order to reduce the likelihood of failure. It describes the in situ performance of all the major man-made materials used in civil engineering construction – metals (steel and aluminium), concrete and wood. In addition some relatively new high-performance materials are discussed – high-performance concrete, high-performance steel and fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP). Deterioration mechanisms and the measures to counteract these, as well as subsequent maintenance and repair techniques are also considered and the latest standards on durability and repair are explained.

Strategies for durability, maintenance and repair, including life cycle costing and environmental life cycle assessment methods are discussed. Finally practical case studies show how repairs can be made and the best ways of ensuring long term durability. This book is aimed at students in civil engineering, engineers, architects, contractors, plant managers, maintenance managers and inspection engineers.

• Explains the reasons why structures often deteriorate before they should because of poor design
• Shows how to design structures effectively for service life
• Considers durability characteristics of standard and high performance construction materials

Durability of Engineering Structures Design Repair and Maintenance 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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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