DURABILITY OF CORRUGATED METAL CULVERTS

TO PROVIDE DATA ON CORROSION RATES FOR CORRUGATED PIPE, TWO SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED -- ONE FOR STEEL CULVERTS WITH 2 TO 35 YR OF SERVICE, AND ANOTHER COMPARING ALUMINUM AND STEEL CULVERTS INSTALLED FOR UP TO 4 YR IN SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTS. UNCOATED STEEL CULVERTS ARE PERFORMING SATISIFACTORILY, BEING UNAFFECTED BY PROPERTIES OF NORMAL SOIL AND WATER, BUT WITH SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER DURABILITY WHEN BITUMINOUS COATED OR COATED AND PAVED. ALUMINUM CULVERTS ARE PROVING DURABLE, INDICATING NO NEED FOR SUCH COATINGS, ABRASION WAS FOUND TO BE OF MINOR INFLUENCE. A STATISTICAL METHOD IS PRESENTED FOR PREDICTING SERVICE LIFE OF STEEL CULVERTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Interim RepORT 66-5, HPR, 29-1
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Authors:
  • Haviland, J E
  • Bellair, P J
  • Morrell, V D
• Publication Date: 1967-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abrasions; Aluminum culverts; Corrosion; Corrugated metal culverts; Durability; Protective coatings; Service life; Statistical analysis; Steel
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215860
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 15 1994 12:00AM