Probabilistic model for marine corrosion of steel for structural reliability assessment

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1484-1493

  Melchers, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Probabilistic models; Serviceability; Statistics; Steel; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); WELDING;

HEAT AFFECTED ZONES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SERVICEABILITY; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 10844229440     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2003)129:11(1484)     Document Type: Article

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