Reliability of corrosion-damaged steel structures using interval probability theory

Structural Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-255

  Sarveswaran, V ^a   Smith, J W ^b   Blockley, D I ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Reliability; Steel

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; STEEL CORROSION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

INTERVAL PROBABILITY THEORY;

STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

CORROSION; RELIABILITY; STEEL;

EID: 0032451904     PISSN: 01674730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4730(98)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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