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Urgency and Challenges of Ageing in Science and Engineering

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Ageing is an inherent feature of nature and, as such, one of oldest performance phenomena observed in the real world. Yet is seems to be a rather new topic in science and engineering. The main reason for this is the growing awareness that ageing of our infrastructure assets threatens the reliability and proper functioning of industrialised societies and is, in the end, a financial burden on the society. In this contribution, the urgency and challenges of ageing phenomena are addressed, including cost aspects and research needs. Emphasis will be on ageing of infrastructure and industrial plants and on the justification of of investments into research on ageing of materials, structures and systems.

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  1. Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Klaas van Breugel

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  1. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Dessi Koleva

  3. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Ton van Beek

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van Breugel, K. (2018). Urgency and Challenges of Ageing in Science and Engineering. In: van Breugel, K., Koleva, D., Beek, T. (eds) The Ageing of Materials and Structures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70194-3_1

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