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OFFICE OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE TURNER-FAIRBANK HIGHWAY RESEARCH CENTER

An FHWA Special Study: Post-Tensioning Tendon Grout Chloride Thresholds

Publication Information

Publication Type:
Report
Publication Number:
FHWA-HRT-14-039
Abstract:

Elevated levels of chloride were recently discovered in a commercially available pre-bagged grout product made for post-tensioned (PT) tendons. These chloride values exceed the current limits set by all of the domestic and international regulatory committees. However, there is limited information reported in the literature pertaining to actual chloride threshold of seven-wire PT strands. For this reason, the Federal Highway Administration sponsored a 6-month accelerated corrosion testing program to determine chloride threshold(s) of PT strands exposed to chloride-contaminated grout. The findings of this study should be useful to bridge owners who may be responsible for similarly affected PT bridges.

Publishing Date:
May 2014
Author(s):
Lee, Seung-Kyoung (ORCID: 0000-0001-7367-5197)
Zielske, James
Publishing Office:
Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
FHWA Program(s):
Research
Infrastructure
AMRP Program(s):
Structures
FHWA Activities:
Long-Term Bridge Performance
Subject Area:
Research
Bridges and other structures