Development of New Corrosion/Abrasion Guidelines for Selection of Culvert Pipe Materials, Phase II

The existing Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) corrosion guidelines for pipe material type selection do not specify the service life for any pipes used for drainage. A 50-year service life is assumed for any pipe that satisfies the corrosion level criteria in the existing guidelines. New design and retrofit procedures are needed to incorporate corrosion and abrasion factors to select the proper type of pipes for specific drainage applications with realistic estimates of the service life.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Contract Numbers:

  106.01

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  4201 East Arkansas Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80222
• Project Managers:

  Khan, Aziz

• Performing Organizations:

  Colorado State University, Fort Collins

  Fort Collins, CO  United States  80523
• Principal Investigators:

  Thornton, Cristopher

• Start Date: 20091215
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20141201
• Source Data: RiP Project 10540

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abrasion; Corrosion; Culvert pipe; Drainage; Guidelines; Materials; Pipe; Research projects; Service life
• Geographic Terms: Colorado
• Subject Areas: Design; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Research; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503815
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Colorado Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 106.01
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 18 2014 1:01AM