COOPERATIVE MARINE PILING INVESTIGATION - PHASE III. INSPECTION AFTER FOUR YEARS EXPOSURE.

Abstract

The Cooperative Piling Committee and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command exposed 54 specially treated piles at Coco Solo Annex, Rodman Naval Station, Canal Zone, and 66 piles at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1963. In November 1966, after 3-1/2 years of exposure, the piles at Pearl Harbor were still undamaged by marine borers. In March 1967, after 4 years of exposure, 8 of the 54 piles at Coco Solo have been attacked by Limnoria and one was also attacked by Martesia. All of the attacked piles were impregnated with essentially creosote or creosote-coal tar solutions. None of the double-treated piles showed any evidence of borer attack. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1967
Accession Number
AD0811337

Entities

People

  • Harry Hochman

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Creosote
  • Engineering
  • Inspection
  • Military Facilities
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • Second World War
  • Tars

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Forest Ecology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.