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Lifetime-Oriented Structural Design Concepts

  • Latest research results in order to include the lifetime of materials into the concept of buildings

  • Emphasis on concrete and steel constructions

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Lifetime-Oriented Design Concepts

    • Friedhelm Stangenberg, Rolf Breitenbücher, Otto T. Bruhns, Dietrich Hartmann, Rüdiger Höffer, Detlef Kuhl et al.
    Pages 1-7
  3. Damage-Oriented Actions and Environmental Impact on Materials and Structures

    • Friedhelm Stangenberg, Rolf Breitenbücher, Otto T. Bruhns, Dietrich Hartmann, Rüdiger Höffer, Detlef Kuhl et al.
    Pages 9-121
  4. Deterioration of Materials and Structures: Phenomena, Experiments and Modelling

    • Friedhelm Stangenberg, Rolf Breitenbücher, Otto T. Bruhns, Dietrich Hartmann, Rüdiger Höffer, Detlef Kuhl et al.
    Pages 123-364
  5. Methodological Implementation

    • Friedhelm Stangenberg, Rolf Breitenbücher, Otto T. Bruhns, Dietrich Hartmann, Rüdiger Höffer, Detlef Kuhl et al.
    Pages 365-652
  6. Future Life Time Oriented Design Concepts

    • Friedhelm Stangenberg, Rolf Breitenbücher, Otto T. Bruhns, Dietrich Hartmann, Rüdiger Höffer, Detlef Kuhl et al.
    Pages 653-659
  7. Back Matter

About this book

Safety and reliability are important for the whole expected service duration of an engineering structure. Therefore, prognostical solutions for different building types are needed and uncertainties have to be handled. Life-cycle strategies to control future structural degradations by concepts of appropriate design have to be developed, in case including means of inspection, maintenance, and repair. Aspects of costs and sustainability also matter.

The Cooperative Research Center for Lifetime-Oriented Design Concepts (SFB 398) at Ruhr University in Bochum combines the wide range of scientific topics between structural engineering, structural and soil mechanics and material sciences regarding structural lifetime management in this present extraordinary monolithic format.

The characterization and modeling of lifetime-related external actions of multiple origin are presented in this book as well as the physical description, the modeling and the validation of material degradation. Adaptive numerical methods and simulation techniques are provided for the lifetime-oriented design concepts to forecast material and structural degradation. Stochastic aspects, mathematical optimization methods and interactions between various influences are included. Thus, a solid basis is provided for future practical use and also for standardization of structural design with respect to lifetime-prediction.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Friedhelm Stangenberg

  • Institute for Building Materials, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Rolf Breitenbücher

  • Institute of Mechanics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Otto T. Bruhns

  • Institute for Computational Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Dietrich Hartmann

  • Building Aerodynamics Laboratory, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Rüdiger Höffer

  • Institute of Mechanics and Dynamics, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

    Detlef Kuhl

  • Institute for Structural Mechanics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Günther Meschke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lifetime-Oriented Structural Design Concepts

  • Authors: Friedhelm Stangenberg, Rolf Breitenbücher, Otto T. Bruhns, Dietrich Hartmann, Rüdiger Höffer, Detlef Kuhl, Günther Meschke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01462-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-01461-1Published: 30 October 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42585-1Published: 14 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-01462-8Published: 26 November 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLVII, 723

  • Topics: Building Materials, Building Repair and Maintenance, Materials Science, general, Solid Mechanics, Building Construction and Design

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eBook USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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