Exploring the relationship between soil properties and deterioration of metallic pipes using predictive data mining methods

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-301

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Sadiq, Rehan ^b   Rajani, Balvant ^a   Najjaran, Homayoun ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cast iron pipe; Condition assessment; Corrosion; Data collection; Data mining; Deterioration rate; Iron; Metal; Pipes; Pitting corrosion; Soil corrosivity potential; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

CONDITION ASSESSMENT; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; DATA COLLECTION; IRON METAL; PITTING CORROSION; SOIL CORROSIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

CAST IRON; CAST IRON PIPE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA MINING; DETERIORATION; MINING; PITTING; REDOX REACTIONS; STEEL BRIDGES;

SOILS;

EID: 77951242108     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000032     Document Type: Article

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