Assessment of the time-dependent structural reliability of buried water mains

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-53

  Camarinopoulos, L ^a   Chatzoulis, A ^a   Frontistou Yannas, S ^b   Kallidromitis, V ^c  

^a Div Compl Methods and Comp Prog   (Greece)

^b SEPTE Ltd   (Greece)

^c TECNIC SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS;

WATER PIPELINES;

EID: 0032670534     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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