Managing Metallic Corrosion on Winter Maintenance Equipment Assets

Many metallic components in highway maintenance equipment fleet are at risk of corrosion, which is exacerbated in service environments where roadway deicers have been applied. Roadway deicers generally feature chloride salt(s) as their freezing point depressant. As such, the exposure to roadway deicers poses a substantial risk to highway maintenance equipment. This work will review best practices available to manage the risk of deicer corrosion to equipment assets and present a user’s manual for the use of maintenance agencies in the northern climate. The manual has addressed the following subjects: Corrosion Basics; Causes and Effects of Corrosion; Materials Used for Snow and Ice Control; New Equipment Specification; Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Existing Equipment; Preventive Maintenance Practices; Training and Facility Management. This manual would be applicable to the winter maintenance community and could aid agencies in the prevention of metallic corrosion and the extension of service life and reliability/readiness of equipment assets.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479285.006
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1020 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Nazari, Mehdi Honarvar
  • Bergner, Dave
  • Shi, Xianming
• Conference:
  • International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation
  • Location: Fairbanks Alaska, United States
  • Date: 2015-8-2 to 2015-8-5
• Publication Date: 2015-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 61-76
• Monograph Title: Environmental Sustainability in Transportation Infrastructure

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Deicing; Northern hemisphere; Protection against environmental damage; Rehabilitation; Risk assessment; Service life; Snow and ice control; Weather
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I62: Winter Maintenance; I94: Vehicle Corrosion;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01573511
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784479285
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Aug 24 2015 2:12PM