ABSTRACT

The whole area of durability, integrity and quality control of structures is starting to be taken very seriously by the construction industry. Central to this is the design life concept, which looks at the materials used, methods of construction, safety factors, maintenance and repair, and change of use, all from a holistic viewpoint. This new book

part |2 pages

Part A: Overview of service life prediction

chapter |6 pages

Design life and the new Code

chapter |5 pages

Design life in practice

chapter |10 pages

A performance approach to design

chapter |7 pages

Loads and load effects

chapter |11 pages

Offshore and marine structures

chapter |10 pages

G.W.JORDAN

chapter |6 pages

Design life of welded structures

chapter |6 pages

The maintenance of masonry

chapter |12 pages

The European approach to design life

chapter C|2 pages

The present state-of-the-art