SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1980
STP36074S

Estimation of Ground Water Corrosion of Concrete Sewer Pipes in the Hutt Valley, New Zealand

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Centrifugally spun concrete pipes laid in a new sewer in the Hutt Valley were discovered to be undergoing corrosion from soft ground waters containing aggressive carbon dioxide. Petrographic examination of concrete cores from these pipes is used to estimate depth of corrosive attack and indicates that in the worst case, isolated failure due to corrosion of reinforcement will not occur before 30 years and that more general failure is unlikely before 100 years. An attempt is made to calculate the rate constants used for estimating corrosion of the sewer by examining 20-year-old experimental concrete and asbestos cement specimens buried in a similar soil type. In addition, results are reported for concrete and asbestos cement specimens buried at two other sites where corrosive ground waters are present.

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St. John, DA
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Petone, New Zealand
Penhale, HR
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Petone, New Zealand
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Developed by Committee: G03
Pages: 377–387
DOI: 10.1520/STP36074S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4768-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0325-2