Reliability-based service-life assessment of aging concrete structures

Journal of Structural Engineering (United States)

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1600-1621

  Mori, Yasuhiro ^a   Ellingwood, Bruce R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

AGING CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; STRENGTH DEGRADATION; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY PRINCIPLE;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0027594256     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1993)119:5(1600)     Document Type: Article

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