Design for durability has gained the same level of importance as design for safety and design for serviceability. Many individual contributions to design for service life have been noted in recent years. Such initiatives should, after some time, result in a consistent approach. When trials are made to develop such an approach, inevitably "blind spots" are discovered. This paper gives an overview
... [Show full abstract] of the most important developments and moreover traces areas were knowledge is still inadequate and further research is needed.