"SPECIFIC UTILITY" IN THE DESIGN OF COATING SYSTEMS FOR STEEL BRIDGES
This article discusses the employment of the specific utility concept in the design of steel bridge coating systems. This concept has been employed already on numerous structures, but its use is not nearly as widespread nor as diverse as it should be. Like many disciplines, the employment of specific utility in coating system design is a multi-faceted discipline that borrows from quite different technologies--basic corrosion science, bridge maintenance engineering, and coatings technology. To make full use of the concept the bridge engineer must learn from the coatings chemist, and the coatings chemist must become more familiar with the details of bridge design and the patterns of deterioration that occur with age. If this can be done, then today's bridges will be provided with a measured degree of sure protection that is sufficient for the job at hand. Also hard found maintenance dollars will not be unnecessarily squandered.
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Availability:
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Corporate Authors:
Technology Publishing Company
P.O. Box 89
Pittsburgh, PA United States 15230 -
Authors:
- Hare, C H
- Publication Date: 1984-10
Media Info
- Features: Photos; References;
- Pagination: p. 18-25
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Serial:
- Journal of Protective Coatings & Linings
- Volume: 1
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Steel Structures Painting Council
- ISSN: 8755-1985
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bridges; Coatings; Corrosion protection; Deterioration; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Metal bridges; Steel; Steel bridges; Technology transfer
- Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge maintenance; Maintenance costs
- Old TRIS Terms: Steel protection
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Education and Training; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00457660
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM