文档介绍：CIVIL ENGINEERING El-Reedy
Mohamed A. El-Reedy
REINFORCED CONCRETE RELIABILITY STRUCTURAL REINFORCED CONCRETE
STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY
Structural engineers must focus on a structure’s continued safety throughout its service life.
Reinforced Concrete Structural Reliability covers the methods that enable engineers to keep
structures reliable during all project phases, and presents a practical exploration of up-to-date
techniques for predicting the lifetime of a structure. The book also helps readers understand
where the safety factors e from and addresses the problems that arise from devi-
ation from these factors. It also examines the question of what code is best to follow for a
specific project: the American code, the British Standard, the Eurocode, or other local codes.
The author devotes an entire chapter to practical statistics methods and probability theory used
in structural and civil engineering, both important for calculating the probability of structural
failure (reliability analysis). The text addresses the effects of time, environmental conditions,
and loads to assess consequences on older structures as well as to calculate the probability of
failure. It also presents the effects of steel bar corrosion and column corrosion, and precautions
to consider along with guides for design.
This book offers guidelines and tools to evaluate existing as well as new structures, providing
all available methods and tests for assessing structures, including visual inspection and nonde-
structive testing for concrete strength. It also presents techniques for predicting the remaining
service life of a structure, which can be used to determine whether to perform repairs or take REINFORCED
other action. This practical guide helps readers to differentiate between and understand the
philosophy of the various codes and standards, enabling them to work anywhere in the world.
It will aid engineers at all levels working on projects from the