Handbook of Structural Life Assessment
1. Edition April 2017
1016 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This important, self-contained reference deals with structural life assessment (SLA) and structural health monitoring (SHM) in a combined form. SLA periodically evaluates the state and condition of a structural system and provides recommendations for possible maintenance actions or the end of structural service life. It is a diversified field and relies on the theories of fracture mechanics, fatigue damage process, and reliability theory. For common structures, their life assessment is not only governed by the theory of fracture mechanics and fatigue damage process, but by other factors such as corrosion, grounding, and sudden collision. On the other hand, SHM deals with the detection, prediction, and location of crack development online. Both SLA and SHM are combined in a unified and coherent treatment.
Introduction
PART I FRACTURE MECHANICS DYNAMICS AND PERIDYNAMICS
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics
Chapter 2: Applications of Fracture Mechanics
Chapter 3: Dynamic Fracture and PeriDynamics
PART II INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING
Chapter 4: Structural Health Monitoring: Basic Ingredients And Sensors
Chapter 5: Statistical Pattern Recognition and Vibration-Based Techniques
PART III RELIABILITY AND FATIGUE UNDER EXTREME LOADING
Chapter 6: Fatigue Life and Reliability Assessment
Chapter 7: Structural Reliability and Risk Assessment Under Extreme Loading
PART IV ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS, JOINTS AND CRACK PROPAGATION CONTROL
Chapter 8: Corrosion and Hydrogen Embrittlement
Chapter 9: Joints and Weldments
Chapter 10: Crack Control
References
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University, USA