Research Article
Life-Cycle Management Strategy on Steel Girders in Bridges
Table 1
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| Parameters | Carbon steel | Weathering steel | A (m) | B | A (m) | B |
| (a) Rural environment | | | | | Mean value, | 34.0 | 0.65 | 33.3 | 0.498 | Coefficient of variation, | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 0.09 | Coefficient of correlation, | — | — | −0.05 | — | (b) Urban Environment | | | | | Mean value, | 80.2 | 0.593 | 50.7 | 0.567 | Coefficient of variation, | 0.42 | 0.4 | 0.30 | 0.37 | Coefficient of correlation, | 0.68 | — | 0.19 | — | (c) Marine Environment | | | | | Mean value, | 70.6 | 0.789 | 40.2 | 0.557 | Coefficient of variation, | 0.66 | 0.49 | 0.22 | 0.10 | Coefficient of correlation, | −0.31 | — | −0.45 | — |
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