Abstract: A review of the most recently published literature suggests that the prediction of service life of corrosion affected concrete structures remains at the stage of parametric studies, in spite of intensive research on ...

Abstract: A theoretical analysis for the instability of a fluid film around a cylinder in an immiscible fluid is presented. A general dispersion equation, relating wave number to growth rate, is derived ...

Abstract: In time-dependent reliability analysis, the calculation of the mean outcrossing or upcrossing rate of a stochastic process from a safe domain or barrier level based on the Rice formula continues to present serious challenge ...

Abstract: The increasing rate of deterioration of buried pipelines has necessitated the development of a robust assessment method for their structural integrity and service life prediction. Among various deterioration mechanisms, ...

Abstract: Linear elastic fracture mechanics has been widely used for fracture analysis of cracked metals. For ductile materials, it is known that the yielding of a crack front results in the easing of stress intensity at the crack ...

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: This paper introduces a novel approach based on dimensional analysis for designing explicit displacement algorithms for use in analyzing nonlinear structural dynamics problems. Using this approach, a one-parameter family ...

Abstract: A review of the literature shows that current research on corrosion-affected reinforced concrete structures focuses more on strength deterioration than on serviceability deterioration. For corrosion-induced concrete cracking, ...