NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 



The Bsach Erosion Board announces the publication of 

 its Technical Memorandum Noo 10, "Experimental Steel Pile 

 Groins, Palm Beach, Florida o" 



The report is the result of cooperative effort between 

 the Beach Erosion Board | the Jacksonville District, Corps 

 of Engineers! the Inland Steel Companyj the Carnegie-Illinois 

 Steel Corporationi the Bethlehem Steel Company^ the Jones and 

 Laughlin Steel Corporationi the Larssen Companyi and donors 

 of protective coatings » 



A field test was made of five steel sheet pile groins 

 constructed at Palm Beach, Florida, in April 1937 o Between 

 that date and 194-6 the groins were inspected at about bi- 

 monthly intervals! the web thickness of typical individual 

 piles was measured in 1940, 1942, and I9460 



The report discusses the factors influencing the life 

 of the piling in four zones | the air corrosion zonei the 

 wetting and drying zonei the abrasion zone; and the sand 

 protected zoneo Loss of steel was most rapid in the abra- 

 sion zonoo 



Copies of the report can be obtained in limited number 

 upon request to the Beach Erosion Bsard, 520I Little 

 Falls Road, No¥o, Washington 16, Do Co 



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