Environmental Effect of Climate Change Pollutants Loading on Structural Steel Stresses

Ngene, Ben U. and Ede, A. N. and Bamigboye, Gideon and Prashant, Kumar and Boulent, Imam (2017) Environmental Effect of Climate Change Pollutants Loading on Structural Steel Stresses. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 12 (14). pp. 4147-4183. ISSN 0973-4562

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Abstract

Human activities on earth it is observed is having negative impact on the continuous existence of life on the planet. This is as a result of build-up of gases that tend to affect life and well-being of plants and animals including structures put in place to support them. Structural failure as a result of pollutant exposure does not occur unless where there is wrong design of the structure or the owner has not carried out routine maintenance. The effect of such loss on structure in place need to be further studied to engender better understanding of structural failure possibilities or its reliability. This work looked at the effect of gases such as SO2 and humidity known as climate change gases in the air and their effect on steel structures, specifically bridges, in rural, urban and industrial locations. It was shown also that for these three types of locations, the moment resistance and shear resistance of structures overtime will decrease by 3% and 4.6% respectively. However, the deflection of the same structure will increase by 1% over the same time range. The implication will be an increase in the cost of design and construction as a result of increased thickness of steel structures and additional paint coating to reduce this negative effect.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Moment resistance, Shear resistance, Deflection, Air pollution and Dose-response function
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
Depositing User:	Mrs Hannah Akinwumi
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2017 12:11
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2017 12:11
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/8933

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