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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826178203321

Titolo

Research agenda for test methods and models to simulate the accelerated aging of infrastructure materials : report of a workshop / / Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

0-309-18412-6

1-280-18619-4

9786610186198

0-309-56178-7

0-585-19248-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (43 p.)

Disciplina

620.1/122

Soggetti

Materials - Deterioration

Materials - Research - United States

Service life (Engineering)

Infrastructure (Economics) - United States - Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Research Agenda for Test Methods and Models to Simulate the Accelerated Aging of Infrastructure Materials -- Copyright -- In Memoriam -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Workshop Synopsis and Committee Findings and Recommendations -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP -- COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Life-Prediction Modeling -- Accelerated-Testing Methods -- LIMITATIONS AND BARRIERS -- 2 Background Presentations -- FIVE OVERVIEW BRIEFINGS -- Infrastructure Aging and Deterioration -- REFERENCES -- Infrastructure Considerations: Surgical Implant Devices -- As High Performance Integrated Circuits Enter the National (and International) Infrastructure, How Do We Know They Areā€¦ -- Durable Glass for Thousands of Years? That Is the Question. -- Life-



Cycle Performance in the Electric Utility Industry -- TWO FOCUS BRIEFINGS -- Life-Prediction Approaches for Infrastructure Applications -- Accelerated-Testing Approaches for Infrastructure Applications -- REFERENCE -- Appendixes -- A Workshop Agenda -- B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- C Workshop Participants.