Proving Ground Surface
Corrosion Facility
The corrosion facility and the corrosion chamber can be used individually or in combination to accelerate corrosion.
Applications
- Accelerated corrosion
Salt Splash
- Single user facility red light signal-controlled approach
- Housed in an open-ended building
- Designed for speeds up to 30 mph
- 35m long x 3.5m wide
- Walled to provide splashback
- Brine solution 15 – 20mm deep
- Solution 4% to 6% by volume, (40 – 60 grams per litre)
- Spray heads located at the start of the building
Mud Trough
- Single user facility
- The trough is walled and 35m long by 5.5m wide
- Width allows vehicle to zigzag
- Solution consists of water, sand and loam
- Sand 4% to 7%
- Loam 8% to 12%
- Float controlled water depth of 59mm
Corrosion Facility Description – Salt Flash & Mud Trough.
