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Security and Reliability of Damaged Structures and Defective Materials

  • Fracture mechanics and fatigue last developments
  • Scientific analysis associated with economical analysis
  • Practical application cases

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Assessment of Localised Corrosion Damaging of Welded Dissimilar Pipes

    • Ihor Dmytrakh, Volodymyr Panasyuk
    Pages 75-89
  3. Procedures For Structure Integrity Assessment

    • Nenad Gubeljak, Jožef Predan
    Pages 91-118
  4. Experience in Non Destructive Testing of Process Equipment

    • Jano Kurai, Miodrag Kirić
    Pages 119-138
  5. Crack—Interface Interaction in Composite Materials

    • Liviu Marsavina, Tomasz Sadowski
    Pages 139-155
  6. Development and Application of Crack Parameters

    • Aleksandar Sedmak, Ljubica Milović, Jasmina Lozanović
    Pages 209-230
  7. Welded Joints Behaviour in Service with Special Reference to Pressure Equipment

    • Stojan Sedmak, Katarina Gerić, Zijah Burzić, Vencislav Grabulov, Radomir Jovičić
    Pages 231-251
  8. Security of Gas Pipelines

    • Vladimir Stevanović
    Pages 253-266
  9. Evaluation of Service Security of Steel Structures

    • Edward Petzek, Radu Băncila
    Pages 301-323
  10. Fatigue Design of Notched Components by a Multiscale Approach Based on Shakedown

    • K. Dang Van, H. M. Maitournan, J. F. Flavenot
    Pages 325-336
  11. Measurements for Mechanical Reliability of Thin Films

    • David T. Read, Alex A. Volinsky
    Pages 337-358
  12. Reparability of Damaged Fluid Transport Pipes

    • Philippe Jodin
    Pages 387-398
  13. Damage Control and Repair for Security of Buildings

    • Dragoslav Šumarac, Zoran PetraŠkoviĆ
    Pages 399-416

About this book

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 nocivity of these defects are needed, to predict the remaining service life and the eventual emergency of stopping service and repairing, if possible. To reach this objectives, this book presents the last methods derived from the classical linear, non-linear fracture mechanics concepts, including fatigue and notch fracture mechanics. Several examples of structures rehabilitations and repairing are given.

This book gathers the presentation made during the Advanced Research Workshop held in Portoroz (Slovenia) in October 2008, under the auspices of NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme. It is edited by Professor Guy Pluvinage from the University Paul Verlaine – Metz (France) and Professor Aleksandar Sedmak from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Both have a long and rich experience in analysis of theoretical and practical cases in safety and reliability of structures. Other contributors are all known as experts in the areas of fatigue, facture and reliability of structures.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Fiabilité Mécanique (LFM), Université Paul Verlaine – Metz – ENIM, Metz, France

    Guy Pluvinage

  • University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandar Sedmak

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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