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Durability of Engineering Structures: Design, Repair and Maintenance(12 Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Durability of Engineering Structures: Design, Repair and Maintenance(12 Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)


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Table of Contents:
Metals: Corrosion mechanisms; Corrosion types; Corrosion of some metals in practice; Protection of metals. Concrete: Chemical degradation mechanisms; Frost-thaw and de-icing salt damage; Reinforcement corrosion; Principles of protection and repair of concrete structures; Repair mortars; Crack repair methods; Protective surface treatments; Cathodic protection systems; Practical cases of repair. Wood: Deterioration; Protection; Hazard and durability classes; Maintenance and restoration; Repair. New high-performance materials: High-performance concrete; High-performance steel; Fibre-reinforced polymers. Strategies for durability design, maintenance and repair: Definitions; Listing of deterioration mechanisms and effects; Approaches to design for service life; Probabilistic appoach to service life design; Redundancy and over-design; Maintenance strategies; Life cycle costing; Environmental life cycle assessment. Case studies: Specification; Case study 1: steel and concrete bridges in a warm environment; Repair of reinforced concrete floors; Wooden piles. Design for durability; Life-cycle costing; Maintenance management; Repair strategy.

About the Author :
Jan Bijen is Professor of Materials Science in the Civil Engineering Materials Section of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He is an expert on civil engineering materials, including durability problems and the environmental impact of construction materials. He was director of INTRON BV, the institute for quality assessment in the Dutch building industry, for twenty years. He is the Director of FEMMASSE BV, a supplier of software for materials and structural engineering for the building industry, and Director of BouwQ BV, a professional association of four bodies in the Netherlands: Geodelft, INTRON BV, TNO-Bouw and Wagemaker BV, which focuses on quality assessment of building structures. As a consultant he has worked on the design for durability of major projects, such as the building of the Saudi Arabia-Bahrain Causeway and the Great Belt bridges in Denmark. He also worked on the Deira-Shindagah tunnel in Dubai, the Al Hamdi Suez Canal tunnel , the conservation of the Zeeland bridge in the Netherlands, the arbitration of the Dubai Dry Docks, and the conservation of the steel structures of the Eastern Scheldt Barrier and the Maeslant Barrier in the Netherlands. He is Chairman of the Dutch Standard Committee on Environmental Profiles of Building Products and Chairman of the Dutch National Committee on Sustainable Building. He has also been President of the Dutch Society of Concrete Technology, Member of the Board of the Dutch Concrete Society, Member of the Quality Advisory Board of the Dutch National Centre for Sustainable Building, Chairman and Founder of the Dutch Society for Life-Cycle Assessment in the Building Industry, Convenor of TG5 'Additions' of CEN TC 104 SC1 'Concrete- specification, performance, production and conformity', Member of CEN TC104 SC1 and SC8 'Concrete Repair and Protection' and President of NACE Benelux."


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  • ISBN-13: 9781855738560
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Publisher Imprint: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
  • Series Title: 12 Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
  • ISBN-10: 1855738562
  • Publisher Date: 31 Aug 2003
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Design, Repair and Maintenance


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