Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Definitions and explanation of durability concepts -- 3. Methods of durability design -- 4. Examples of durability design by stochastic methods -- 5. Determination of lifetime safety factors -- 6. Structural durability design -- 7. Durability models -- 8. Durability models for some degradation processes -- 9. Summary and conclusions -- Appendix: Stochastic modelling of degradation by the Markov chain method -- RILEM.
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Concrete structures can be designed for durability by applying the principles and procedures of reliability theory combined with traditional structural design. This is an attempt to introduce into structural design a general theory of structural reliability and existing calculation models for common degradation processes.