Meet the editors

Prof. Tomasz Tański is the Head of the Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology and a Member of the Metallurgy Section of the Committee of Metallurgy of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a specialist in non-ferrous alloys, composite materials, nanostructured manufacturing engineering, and surfaces. His interests include the study the properties and structures, and engineering materials.

He has authored or co-authored more than 300 scientific publications worldwide, including 12 monographs and books, and more than 70 publications in the Philadelphia list. He has won 18 awards and honors both national and international. He has been both a supervisor and contractor for more than 15 research and didactic projects in Poland and abroad. He is also a reviewer and promoter of numerous scientific papers, including four doctoral research papers in the field of nanotechnology and materials.

Dr. Marek Sroka, PhD and MSc in Engineering, is an assistant professor at the Institute of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland. During his scientific activity, he participated in and organized many scientific international conferences. His scientific interests include materials science and materials for service at elevated temperatures, in high-temperature creep resistance, in creep

tests, and in computer-assisted material engineering. He is the author and coauthor of about 85 scientific publications worldwide, including more than 28 publications in the Philadelphia list. He has won 17 awards and honors, national and international, and has been a contractor for more than 10 research and didactic projects in Poland and abroad. He is also a reviewer of numerous scientific publications.

Prof. Adam Zieliński is a researcher at the Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy and an expert in the area of materials engineering. He is well versed in materials for service at elevated temperatures, in high-temperature creep resistance, in creep tests, and in the diagnostics of high-pressure power, chemical, and petrochemical installations. He collaborates closely with power boiler manufacturers, as well as the power industry repair plants in the area of

power installation diagnostics, residual life, and damage processes. He is the author and coauthor of about 135 scientific publications worldwide, including more than 30 publications in the Philadelphia list, as well as author and coauthor more than 400 research works. He is also an expert on the direct instructions of the energy industry and petrochemical industry. He has won 10 awards.

Grzegorz Golański, PhD, is Professor at the Institute of Materials Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology. He specializes in the study of structure, heat treatment, and properties of engineering materials, mainly creep-resistant alloys. He is the author and coauthor of about 230 scientific publications worldwide, including five monographs and books, and more than 30 publications in the Philadelphia list. He has won 15 awards. He is

Contents

Damper

*and Sundar Manoharan Solomon*

Asphalt Material Creep Behavior

Service Time Based on Creep Testing

Creep Characteristics of Engineering Materials *by Janusz Dobrzański and Adam Zieliński*

Physical Background and Simulation of Creep in Steels

*by Amir Golalipour*

*by Janusz Dobrzański*

*by Stan T. Mandziej*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7** Effects of Creep on RC Frame Subjected to Cyclic Load with Magnetorheological

**Chapter 3 21**

**Chapter 4 33**

**Chapter 5 49**

**Chapter 6 69**

The Procedure for Determining the Time of Safe Service beyond the Design

*by Daniel Cruze, Hemalatha Gladston, Sarala Loganathan, Tensing Dharmaraj* 

Introductory Chapter: Creep - An Overview of New Research Results *by Adam Zieliński, Marek Sroka, Tomasz Tański and Grzegorz Golański*

also the author and coauthor of about 90 research works and gives expert opinions for industries.
