The Ageing of Materials and Structures: Towards Scientific Solutions for the Ageing of Our Assets

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Urgency and Challenges of Ageing in Science and Engineering  (Klaas van Breugel)....Pages 3-13
Front Matter ....Pages 15-15
 Investigation of Long-Term Behaviour of Elastomeric Seals for Transport and Storage Packages  (A. Kömmling, D. Wolff, M. Jaunich)....Pages 17-25
 What Can Be Learnt from Ageing in Biology and Damage-Tolerant Biological Structures for Long-Lasting Biomimetic Materials?  (Thomas Speck, Marc Thielen, Olga Speck)....Pages 27-38
 Mechanics of Ageing—From Building to Biological Materials  (B. A. Schrefler, F. Pesavento, R. Santagiuliana, G. Sciumè)....Pages 39-53
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 The Relevance of Ageing for Civil Infrastructure: The Profession, the Politics, the Classroom  (David A. Lange)....Pages 57-68
 Study on Triage for Deteriorated Concrete Structures by JSCE-342  (Shinichi Miyazato, Takashi Yamamoto, Ryousuke Takahashi)....Pages 69-79
 Ageing in Shallow Underground RC Culverts and Tunnels  (M. Kunieda, X. Zhu, Y. Nakajima, S. Tanabe, K. Maekawa)....Pages 81-94
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 Radiation Shielding Properties and Freeze-Thaw Durability of High-Density Concrete for Storage of Radioactive Contaminated Soil in Fukushima  (Sanjay Pareek, Yusuke Suzuki, Ken-ichi Kimura, Yusuke Fujikura, Yoshikazu Araki)....Pages 97-109
 Ageing Behaviour of Neutron/Irradiated Eurofer97  (I. Carvalho, A. Fedorov, M. Kolluri, N. Luzginova, H. Schut, J. Sietsma)....Pages 111-118
 Ageing Management for Extended Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel  (Y. Y. Liu)....Pages 119-137
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 Forever Young or Ageing Naturally?  (Rob P. J. van Hees, Silvia Naldini)....Pages 141-152
 The Noble Patina of Age  (W. J. Quist, A. J. van Bommel)....Pages 153-165
 The Ageing of the Creation  (L. Melaard-Biçaçi, O. Çopuroğlu, E. Schlangen)....Pages 167-182
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 Modeling Ageing Cementitious Pore Structure  (Neven Ukrainczyk, Eddie A. B. Koenders)....Pages 185-195
 Introduction to Structural Ageing-Specific Functions for Computational Models Based on Synaptic Networks  (G. Mavrikas, V. Spitas, C. Spitas)....Pages 197-215
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 Stochastic Models for Risk and Failure Under Ageing  (Jürg Hüsler)....Pages 219-235
 Statistical Models for Interval-Censored Time-to-Event Data  (Geurt Jongbloed)....Pages 237-244
 Erratum to: The Ageing of Materials and Structures  (Klaas van Breugel, Dessi Koleva, Ton van Beek)....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter ....Pages 245-248