The Effect of Surface Preparation on Coating Performanc...
Analysis of Coating Blister Failures and Associated Coa...
Bridge Expansion Joint Designs: Corrosion of Steel Framing Below Deck and Pier Cap Reinforcement
My wife thinks that my driving skills are poor. She is not entirely wrong in this opinion. Whenever I am on a long drive or I am driving in an unfamiliar area, my eyes tend to stray from the road and examine any bridge or sign structures I come upon. If you do the same…
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Bridge Expansion Joint Designs: Corrosion of Steel Framing Below
My wife thinks that my driving skills are poor. She is not entirely wrong in this opinion. Whenever I am on a long drive or I am driving in an unfamiliar area, my eyes tend to stray from the road and examine any bridge or sign s...
The Effect of Surface Preparation on Coating Performance
Prediction of service life for naturally exposed coatings remains problematic. A number of factors can have an effect on coating performance, but none more so than surface preparation, the primary factor that influences how long a...
Analysis of Coating Blister Failures and Associated Coating and S
Blistering is a common coating failure, and for many years, the causes and mechanisms of blistering have been studied to characterize and determine the effects on coating performance and underlying substrates. These studies have l...
Painting the Natchez-Vidalia Westbound Bridge
The Natchez-Vidalia Westbound Bridge is a 4,205-foot-long through-truss structure that was built in 1940 and carries U.S. 84 westbound over the Mississippi River from Natchez, Mississippi, to Vidalia, Louisiana. The westbound port...
Test Your Knowledge Series – Surface Preparation Standards for No...
Background Most of the SSPC surface preparation standards focus on the preparation of steel, either by abrasive blast cleaning (dry and wet), power tool cleaning, or water jetting. Recognizing that galvanizing, non-ferrous m...
Test Your Knowledge Series – Coatings/Coating Application/Holiday...
Introduction/Background When applying a coating system to structures such as tanks and pipelines, the primary goal is to apply a continuous film to help prevent corrosion and section loss, and in some cases, to prevent contaminati...
Evaluating Material Loss of Steel Under Protective Coatings in Ma
Over the past 20 years, the U.S. Navy has widely implemented the use of advanced ultra-high-solids (UHS) coatings for the protection of ship tanks and voids to extend the life of tank coatings.1,2,3 The Navy intends these coatings...
Preventing Crevice Corrosion in New and Existing Steel Structures
Steel structures are often fabricated by bolting (or riveting) structural components together. Bolted joints result in multiple crevices between the bolted members and fasteners. These crevices are typically more susceptible to co...
Test Your Knowledge Series – Calculating and Measuring Wet
Introduction/Background Wet film thickness (WFT) is the measured thickness of any applied wet paint that is liquid-based. The WFT is measured to assure that the correct amount of coating is being applied to the surface. &nbs...
KTA University “Test Your Knowledge” Series – Surface Profile Mea...
Introduction/Background Surface profile is defined as a measurement of the maximum peak-to-valley depth created by abrasive impingement against a surface during abrasive blast cleaning operations, or by an impact-type power tool. ...