EXPERIMENTS ON REPAIR OF CORROSION PROTECTIVE COVERINGS APPLIED TO THE SPLASH AND TIDAL ZONES OF STEEL PIPE PILES.

Abstract

The deterioration of organic covering materials is severe in splash zones due to the effects of the sun rays and the repeated wetting and drying to which they are exposed, and the protective coverings on the tidal zones are very easily damaged by littoral drift, the effects of waves, and organic organisms which attach themselves to the piles. The Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction, has been conducting research and on-site experiments on corrosion protective covering repair technology. This report discusses two such repair case studies.