CATHODIC PROTECTION: A USER'S PERSPECTIVE

This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of impressed current cathodic protection as a means of extending the life span of reinforced concrete bridge decks. The cost of cathodic protection is compared to the cost of other methods of rehabilitating such structures. Also included is a brief review and discussion of the data collected during the first year of operation of a cathodic protection installation on a reinforced concrete bridge deck with details on mix design of the coke breeze asphaltic concrete, results of resistivity, and voltage drop data taken through the coke breeze asphaltic concrete and the portland cement concrete, as well as actual corrosion criteria versus E/log i curves.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Chloride Corrosion of Steel in Concrete Symposium, 79th ASTM Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, June 27-July 2, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Ward, P M
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 150-163
• Serial:
  • ASTM Special Technical Publications
  • Issue Number: 629
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Asphalt concrete; Bridge decks; Cathodes; Cathodic protection; Coke; Concrete; Concrete bridges; Core samples; Corrosion protection; Costs; Electrical measurement; Highway bridges; Material reinforcement; Mathematical analysis; Mix design; Portland cement; Reinforced concrete; Reinforced concrete bridges; Steel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Coring bits
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172501
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1978 12:00AM