PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-12-0025
Project Name:	Performance Evaluation of Prestressing Strands for Concrete Bridges with Chloride Contaminated Grout
Status:	Active
Contact:	Last Name: Ghasemi First Name: Hamid Telephone: 202-493-3042 E-mail: hamid.ghasemi@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team:	Infrastructure Management Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	A research program will be conducted to obtain a preliminary estimate of a chloride threshold value for corrosion initiation for prestressing strands.
Laboratories:	Coatings and Corrosion Laboratory Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory
Start Date:	February 1, 2012
End Date:	February 1, 2015
Funding Amount:	$500,000.00
FHWA Program Name:	Long-Term Bridge Performance
Goals:	The key project objective is to conduct research on prestressing strands grouted with samples of cement grout containing different levels of chloride to obtain a preliminary estimate of a chloride threshold value for corrosion initiation.
Project Type:	Onsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	lab and field tests
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Data not yet available
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The expected benefit is the improvement of the knowledgebase pertaining to threshold values of chloride in grout for prestressing strands.
Deliverables:	Name: Final Report. Product Type(s): Research report Description: The deliverable is a final report. Audiences: Bridge design professionals Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms:	Transportation Cement Infrastructure Research Pavements Corrosion Bridges
FHWA Disciplines:	Structures
Subject Areas:	Bridges and other structures Maintenance and Preservation