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    Training the next generation
    (Science Impact, 2018-02) ;
    European infrastructure is extensive and well developed, but much of it is also ageing. Replacing this ageing network is costly, disruptive and time consuming, so it is vital that what is already in place is utilised to its full potential. This scenario is made even more perilous by the reduced spending in maintenance caused by the economic downturn of recent years. As such, a management strategy that guarantees maintenance and structural safety with the best use of the resources available is required. This goal is at the heart of the TRUSS Innovative Training Network (ITN). TRUSS addresses a lack of expertise on the management and modernisation of an ageing infrastructure stock that is critical for society to function and prosper. The cost of making repairs once an infrastructure starts to fail is prohibitive, yet there is no easy way to measure how infrastructure deteriorates over time and to assess structural safety. 
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    Addressing uncertainty to make infrastructure safer
    (Open Access Government, 2019-01-07)
    Some infrastructure is experiencing a fast rate of deterioration as a result of poor design/ construction/ maintenance or more demanding loads than anticipated, and many buildings, transport, and energy infrastructure are getting close to the ends of their design lives. There is a need for assessing the safety of these structures, i.e., to check that the probability of the structural response falling beyond an established threshold for a given period of time is acceptable. This calculation involves defining a number of input variables that include loading as well as structural properties such as moduli of elasticity, material strength, geometry, boundary conditions, etc.
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