Abstract: Shortly after a taxiway and apron extension project was completed on a small airfield in Florida, depressions began to appear in some areas of the pavement surface. The extent and locations of these depressions coincided ...

Abstract: Concrete pipes may be subject to deterioration from various conditions, including freeze‐thaw weathering, acid corrosion, sulfate disruption, velocity abrasion of the concrete, and chloride corrosion of the reinforcing ...

Abstract: The design life used by many agencies for planning drainage structures has increased to 50 years or more in recent years. This has created a niche for a more durable product in the low‐cost market. Aluminum‐coated corrugated ...

Abstract: The mechanical effects of selected types of traffic on buried, high‐pressure steel pipe are examined. A section of the Colorado Interstate Gas pipeline across Fort Carson's Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, which should be most ...

Abstract: The uncertainties associated with the predicted bearing capacity of an offshore gravity platform arise from incomplete knowledge about the type of material that is encountered at different points along the slip surface and ...

Abstract: The strength of a marine sand is investigated by means of cone penetration tests and plate load tests, and by measurement of the resistance against penetration by the steel skirts underneath a gravity platform. Several ...