IS TIME ON YOUR SIDE? : APPROACHES AND INNOVATIONS FOR TIME-RELATED CORROSION OF PARKING STRUCTURES

This article discusses approaches and innovations in mitigating corrosion of parking structures. The author details the causes of corrosion as well as how to develop a repair solution. A number of strategies for strengthening and structural upgrading are discussed. These include section enlargement, external post-tensioning, external bonding of steel elements, strengthening with advanced fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, and span shortening. The article also relates how an innovative repair solution was implemented on an aging, seven story parking structure that was showing signs of corrosion.

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• Corporate Authors:

  National Parking Association

  1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 300
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Pirro, B
  • THOMAS, J
• Publication Date: 2005-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 70-76
• Serial:
  • Parking
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: National Parking Association
  • ISSN: 0031-2193

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete structures; Cracking; Electrochemical corrosion; Parking garages; Reconstruction
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01005408
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 19 2005 12:43PM