Download or read book Best Practices for the Prevention of Corrosion of Department of Transportation Equipment written by Mehdi Honarvar Nazari and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document is the final report for the Clear Roads project entitled Best Practices for the Prevention of Corrosion of Department of Transportation Equipment: A User’s Manual. The project team was led by researchers at the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University (WTI) on behalf of Clear Roads, an ongoing pooled fund research effort focused on winter maintenance materials, equipment, and methods. Clear Roads research projects are managed and administered by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). Through this project, the research team developed a user-friendly manual that documents best practices for managing the risk of equipment corrosion, especially in the presence of chemical deicers. The audience for this manual includes operators, mechanics and garage-level supervisors. The manual defines the basic corrosion conditions, with a focus on the need for managing corrosion risks, common modes of corrosion failure, and corrosion-prone parts (priorities) on DOT equipment. This manual addresses design considerations and material selection for corrosion risk management. This manual also lists some commercial products that have been used by DOTs, and presents some successful experiences of DOTs, the US Navy and private companies. It also presents preventive maintenance strategies and tactics.