Security and Reliability of Damaged Structures and Defective Materials

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pluvinage, Guy (Editor), Sedmak, Aleksandar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanical engineering.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Civil engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Building repair.; Buildings > Repair and reconstruction.; Mechanical Engineering.; Building Construction.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Civil Engineering.; Building Repair and Maintenance.

Structures that are essential for economy and security such as energy production, transportation and supply, water supply, buildings, are susceptible to failure, because of defects already present in the material, or created at fabrication, or appearing during service. Methods of assesment of the no...