Author(s):
B.M. Gallaway
Publication Date
October 1955
Abstract
This report covers a corrosion survey study as applied to underground members of highway structures of the Gulf Coastal Area of Texas, an area fifty to seventy-five miles wide extending from the Rio Grande River to the Louisiana state line.|In seeking an answer to the question of whether or not serious corrosion of plain carbon steel pilings may be expected during the service life of fifty years or more reference is made to data of the State Board of Water Engineers, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, the United States Geodetic Survey, the United States Department of Agriculture, Corrosion Engineers of the Gulf Coast Industries and the technical literature.|The theory of corrosion of steel in water and soil is given as it may apply to highway structures.|Highway District maps are included and located on these maps are water wells and test holes. A tabulation of water well data for each county under study is keyed to these maps and contains facts on soil profile and water quality. In general these wells or test holes are those located near stream crossings of existing highways.|An annotated bibliography composed of one hundred sixty-six articles from books and the technical literature make up the final section of the report.
Report Number:
RP-06(02)
Keywords:
Piling Corrosion
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