Abstract: This paper proposes a novel system reliability analysis method as an alternative to matrix-based system reliability (MSR). Traditional MSR requires the fitting of a Dunnett-Sobel (DS) class correlation matrix to the general ...

Abstract: There is little knowledge on the effect of stress on corrosion of mild steel and how the combination of stress and corrosion affects the mechanical properties of mild steel. This paper presents a comprehensive experiment ...

Abstract: The increase of rainfall and rise of groundwater level can cause frequent failures of unsaturated soil slopes that result in catastrophic landslides. This paper proposes a stochastic method for predicting the risk of failure ...

Abstract: Mild steel is one of the most commonly used materials in the construction industry throughout the world, but it is also very vulnerable to corrosion in aggressive environments. There is little research on how corrosion and ...

Abstract: Corrosive soil has been reported to be a prominent cause of the failure of buried cast iron pipes. Little research has been conducted with a specific focus on the effects of soil acidity and saturation on the corrosion of ...

Abstract: Researchers have extensively used simulated soil solutions for investigating corrosion of buried ferrous pipes. However, the literature on the correlation between corrosion rates of pipes in soil and simulated soil solution ...

Abstract: There has been limited research in the past on the effect of varying soil’s acidity measured as pH and saturation measured as moisture content on the fracture toughness of buried cast iron as per comprehensive literature ...