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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.186</doi>
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<article-title>ESTIMATION OF AIRBORNE SALT LEVEL FOR<br/>
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION</article-title>
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<author>MAKOTO OHYA<sup>1</sup>, MASAMICH TAKEBE<sup>1</sup>, NOZOMU HIROSE<sup>1</sup>, SHOTA AJIKI<sup>2</sup>,<br/>
and TOSHIHIKO ASO<sup>3</sup></author>

<aff><sup>1</sup>
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology,<br/>
Matsue College, Matsue, Japan<br/>
<sup>2</sup>Center to Support Practical Education, National Institute of Technology, Matsue College,<br/>
Matsue, Japan<br/>
<sup>3</sup>Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University,<br/>
Ube, Japan</aff>


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<p>In the construction for steel bridges, it is important to accurately evaluate the
environmental characteristics of the local region. It is well-known that the salt
accumulation affects the corrosion of steel bridges. In order to evaluate the corrosion
durability for a bridge, the airborne salt level is investigated monthly for a year prior to
construction of the bridge. It is acknowledged that the airborne salt level varies
seasonally, and thus it is possible that the one-year monitoring result does not
necessarily represent long-term annual conditions for the airborne salt level. These
climate changes make it difficult for the engineer to evaluate the corrosion durability
for the steel bridges over a period of 100 years. In this study, the authors invested
efforts to develop a procedure of estimating the airborne salt level based on available
meteorological information. The estimation results showed reasonable agreement with
the measured airborne salt level. It is confirmed that the proposed concise evaluation
procedure based on only wind direction and speed information is useful as a method for
estimating the airborne salt level.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Weathering steel bridge, Corrosion environment, Meteorological data,
Wind-force energy.</p>
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