Statewide performance function for steel bridge protection systems

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 46-54

  Zayed, Tarek M ^a,b   Chang, Luh Maan ^c   Fricker, Jon D ^c  

^a Zagazig Univ ^*  (Egypt)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridges, steel; Indiana; Markov chains; Painting; Performance; Protective coating

Indexed keywords

INDIANA; LIFE CYCLE COSTS; PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; STEEL PAINTS;

COSTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PAINTING; PERFORMANCE; POLYNOMIALS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

STEEL BRIDGES;

EID: 1642273499     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2002)16:2(46)     Document Type: Article

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