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Durability of buried galvanized steel structures in British Columbia Galtung-Døsvig, Tom
Abstract
The local goal of this thesis was to collect information regarding the determination of the service life of galvanized steel plates, which are used in the construction of soil-steel structures. British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation and Highways (MoTH) detected durability problems in some of its water carrying soil/steel structures, and requested that research be done to adopt design life specifications for the future installations of structures. This work summarizes the processes of degradation which affect the durability of soil/steel structures and discusses the design life practices currently employed by many European countries and the U . S. Based on a survey of 35 galvanized steel drainage structures and underpasses conducted by the author on Vancouver Island during the summer of 1994, recommendations are given regarding the durability of these particular structures. A method was devised to evaluate design service life based on the new design life philosophy, specifically fitted to environmental conditions encountered in Coastal British Columbia.
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Durability of buried galvanized steel structures in British Columbia
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University of British Columbia
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1995
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Description |
The local goal of this thesis was to collect information regarding the determination
of the service life of galvanized steel plates, which are used in the construction of soil-steel
structures. British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation and Highways (MoTH) detected
durability problems in some of its water carrying soil/steel structures, and requested that
research be done to adopt design life specifications for the future installations of
structures.
This work summarizes the processes of degradation which affect the durability of
soil/steel structures and discusses the design life practices currently employed by many
European countries and the U . S.
Based on a survey of 35 galvanized steel drainage structures and underpasses
conducted by the author on Vancouver Island during the summer of 1994,
recommendations are given regarding the durability of these particular structures. A
method was devised to evaluate design service life based on the new design life
philosophy, specifically fitted to environmental conditions encountered in Coastal British
Columbia.
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eng
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Date Available |
2009-01-15
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0050395
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University of British Columbia
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1995-05
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Graduate
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