The Ageing of Materials and Structures

Chapter 1. Urgency and Challenges of Ageing in Science and Engineering.- Chapter 2. Investigation of Long-Term Behaviour of Elastomeric Seals for Transport and Storage Packages.- Chapter 3. What Can be Learnt from Ageing in Biology and Damage-Tolerant Biological Structures for Long-Lasting Biomimetic Materials?.- Chapter 4. Mechanics of Ageing—from Building to Biological Materials.- Chapter 5. The Relevance of Ageing for Civil Infrastructure: The Profession, The Politics, The Classroom.- Chapter 6. Study on Triage for Deteriorated Concrete Structures by JSCE-342.- Chapter 7. Ageing in Shallow Underground RC Culverts and Tunnels.- Chapter 8. Radiation Shielding Properties and Freeze-Thaw Durability of High-Density Concrete for Storage of Radioactive Contaminated Soil in Fukushima.- Chapter 9. Ageing Behaviour of Neutron/Irradiated Eurofer97.- Chapter 10. Ageing Management for Extended Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel.- Chapter 11. Forever Young or Ageing Naturally?.- Chapter 12. The Noble Patina of Age.- Chapter 13. The Ageing of the Creation.- Chapter 13. Modeling Ageing Cementitious Pore Structure.- Chapter 14. Introduction to Structural Ageing-Specific Functions for Computational Models Based on Synaptic Networks.- Chapter 15. Stochastic Models for Risk and Failure under Ageing.- Chapter 16. Statistical Models for Interval-Censored Time-to-Event Data.