Component level strategies for exploiting the lifespan of steel in products

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-34

  Cooper, Daniel R ^a   Skelton, Alexandra C H ^a   Moynihan, Muiris C ^a   Allwood, Julian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Components; Demand; Failure; Lifespan; Products; Steel

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; COMPONENT LEVELS; COMPONENTS; DEMAND; LIFE SPAN; PRODUCT FAILURES; PRODUCT LIFE EXTENSION; PRODUCTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; GLOBAL WARMING; STEEL; STEELMAKING;

BUILDING COMPONENTS;

STEEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; PROFITABILITY; STEEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL PHENOMENA; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFESPAN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT FAILURE; PRODUCT RECOVERY; RECYCLING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 84892934802     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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