Best Practices for the Prevention of Corrosion of Department of Transportation Equipment: A User’s Manual

This document is the final report for the Clear Roads project entitled Best Practices for the Prevention of Corrosion of Department of Transportation Equipment: A User’s Manual. The project team was led by researchers at the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University (WTI) on behalf of Clear Roads, an ongoing pooled fund research effort focused on winter maintenance materials, equipment, and methods. Clear Roads researchprojects are managed and administered by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). Through this project, the research team developed a user-friendly manual that documents best practices for managing the risk of equipment corrosion, especially in the presence of chemical deicers. The audience for this manual includes operators, mechanics and garage-level supervisors. The manual defines the basic corrosion conditions, with a focus on the need for managing corrosion risks, common modes of corrosion failure, and corrosion-prone parts (priorities) on DOT equipment. This manual addresses design considerations and material selection for corrosion risk management. This manual also lists some commercial products that have been used by DOTs, and presents some successful experiences of DOTs, the US Navy and private companies. It also presents preventive maintenance strategies and tactics.

• Record URL:
  http://clearroads.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Revised_Corrosion-Final-Report.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://clearroads.org/project/13-04/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Date on title page is March 2015. Date on technical report documentation page is April 2015.
• Corporate Authors:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University, Bozeman
  P.O. Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717-4250

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Clear Roads Pooled Fund
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Nazari, Mehdi Honarvar
  • Bergner, Dave
  • Shi, Xianming
  • Fay, Laura
• Publication Date: 2015-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 57p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Corrosion protection; Deicing chemicals; Highway maintenance; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance management; Maintenance personnel; Maintenance practices; Manuals; State departments of transportation; Winter maintenance
• Identifier Terms: Clear Roads Winter Highway Operations Pooled Fund
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640752
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CR 13-04
• Contract Numbers: 99006; Project CR13-04; Pooled Fund TPF-5(218)
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 6 2017 11:30AM