Search for dissertations about: "Service Life Prediction of Building Components"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Service Life Prediction of Building Components.

  2. 1. Lifetime Performance Assessment of Thermal Systems : Studies on Building, Solar and Disctrict Heating Applications

    Author : Bojan Stojanovic; Christer Sjöström; Per Jostein Hovde; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Lifetime performance; degradation; assessment; modelling; field exposure; thermal components and system; Building engineering; Byggnadsteknik; Materials science; Teknisk materialvetenskap;

    Abstract : The main questions today concerning thermal systems are their economical and environmental impacts. These entities are generally, at present, assessed on the basis of operation performances of newly installed/designed systems, during an assumed lifetime period. READ MORE

  4. 2. Assessment and Mapping of Environmental Degradation Factors in Outdoor Applications -A Part in the Prediction of Service Life for Wooden Building Components

    Author : Johan Norén; KTH; []
    Keywords : Service life prediction; outdoors wood applications; Scheffer climate risk index;

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  5. 3. Environmental Assessment of Building Products and Components in a Service Life Perspective

    Author : Åsa Rimsjö; KTH; []
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    Abstract : This thesis presents a survey of different tools, used byenvironmental consultants in Sweden, for their recommendationsof building products and components in different constructionprojects. The goal was to identify possible improvements of thetools so that life cycle methodology could be used to a largerextent than today. READ MORE

  6. 4. Toward intelligent goods : characteristics, architectures and applications

    Author : Åse Jevinger; Jens Schumacher; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : Intelligent goods; Transportation; Decentralized freight intelligence;

    Abstract : In the context of globalization, the requirements on transport logistics continuously rise. Often goods travel through many different countries, using several transport modes and involving a number of different actors. READ MORE