Woodhead Publishing Service Life Estimation and Extension of Civil Engineering Structures: Reinforced Concrete and FRP Rehabilitation (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Service life estimation and extension of civil engineering structures reviews ways of rehabilitating ageing reinforced concrete structures using fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites and how to assess their remaining service life. The book covers topics such as rehabilitation techniques for service life extension, probabilistic methods for service life estimation, rehabilitation and service life estimation of corroded structures and NDE/NDT of rehabilitated structures. Key Features: a single source of information on the service life of reinforced concrete and fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) rehabilitated structures; examines degradation mechanisms in composites for rehabilitation considering uncertainties in FRP reliability; provides an overview of probabilistic methods for rehabilitation and service life estimation of corroded structures. Contents: Part 1 Using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites to extend the service-life of civil engineering structures: Key issues in the use of FRP composites in the rehabilitation and retrofitting of concrete structures; Using FRP composites to extend the service life of corroded concrete structures; Areas of uncertainty in the use of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in the rehabilitation of civil engineering structures; Rehabilitation and service life estimation of bridge superstructures. Part 2 Estimating the service life of civil engineering structures: Service life, reliability and maintenance of civil structures; Probabilistic methods for service life estimation of civil engineering structures; Non-destructive evaluation and testing (NDE/NDT) of civil structures rehabilitated using FRP composites; Structural health monitoring and field validation of civil engineering structures; Databases and knowledge-based systems for service-life estimation of FRP rehabilitated civil engineering structures; Pipeline rehabilitation systems for service-life extension.