Societal Burden and Engineering Challenges of Ageing Infrastructure

Societal Burden and Engineering Challenges of Ageing Infrastructure

Van Breugel, Klaas DOI

10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.309 Publication date

2017

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Procedia Engineering

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Van Breugel, K. (2017). Societal Burden and Engineering Challenges of Ageing Infrastructure. Procedia Engineering, 171, 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.309

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