Plastic Coatings and Wraps for New Marine Timber Piling

Abstract

The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory is participating in two long- term studies of the efficacy of plastic coatings and prewraps for timber piling. Full size polyurethane-coated and polyethylene-wrapped piling have been installed in the Port of Los Angeles. In addition, small wood cylinders have been coated with polyurethane and exposed in the marine environment worldwide. All inspection reports indicate no failures of attachment hardware, no adhesion loss, and no visible borer damage to the plastic wrapped or coated wood after more than 5 years of exposure. Keywords: Wood protection, Marine piling, Marine borers, Polyurethane, Polyethylene, Plastic wraps, Coatings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223545

Entities

People

  • David E. Pendleton

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Plastic Coatings
  • Plastics
  • Polyethylenes
  • Resins
  • Test Methods
  • Wear Resistance

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials