Investigating the Effects of Climate Change on Material Properties and Structural Performance
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: One major issue when considering the effects of climate change is to understand, qualify and quantify how the changing climate will likely impact infrastructure assets and services as it strongly depends on current and future climate variability, location, asset design life, function and condition. Expected changes to local climatic conditions may potentially lead to changes in the degradation processes of building materials, affecting the durability and service life of structures. A key question is how climate change may produce changes of vulnerability owing to physical and chemical actions affecting structural durability or changes to exposure in terms of the intensity/frequency of extreme weather events. In this context, this article focuses on the impact on structural resistance and associated challenges, considering some recent activities of members of IABSE TG6.1. Several case studies of infrastructure assets worldwide are presented and discussed in this article.
Institutions: Université Gustave Eiffel, Centre d'Études et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement, Trinity College Dublin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur pour l'Environnement, La Rochelle Université, University of Technology Sydney, University of Surrey, State Research Institute for Material Protection (Czechia), École Centrale de Nantes, Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique, Nantes Université, University of Western Macedonia, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Case Western Reserve University, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University College Cork
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4296779673