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Problems in Service Life Prediction of Building and Construction Materials (Hardcover, 1985 ed.)
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Problems in Service Life Prediction of Building and Construction Materials (Hardcover, 1985 ed.)
Series: NATO Science Series E:, 95
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Degradation, the chemical/physical response of building and con
struction materials exposed to in-service environments, must be
predicted prior to their installation in structures if materials
are to be effectively selected, used and maintained. These
assessments of materials degradation require that methods be
available to aid prediction of service life. The objectives of
building materials science are a) to charac terize and categorize
materials, b) to predict, preferably in a mathematical sense,
material or component response including expected service life, and
c) to make improvements in material response through improvements
in design, formulation, processing or specification. For building
and construction materials, continued progress has been made
towards objective (a), but little progress has been made towards
objectives (b) and (c). Of these, the mathematical prediction of
service life appears to be of greater importance, because, if
general approaches or models having application to a wide range of
building and construction materials can be identi fied, then the
categorization, selection, use and improvement of materials can
proceed in a systematic manner. Researchers in advanced
technologies, such as aerospace, nuclear, electronics and medicine,
have apparently been more successful than researchers in building
and construction technology in responding to the need for reliable
predictions of service life.
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