Corrosion uncertainty modelling for steel structures

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-19

  Melchers, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immersion corrosion; Modelling; Prediction; Steel structures; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STEEL CORROSION;

IMMERSION CORROSION;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

MARINE STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEEL;

EID: 0032824935     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-974X(99)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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