PSI - Issue 11
Gabriela Lotufo Oliveira et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 11 (2018) 242–249 Gabriela Lotufo Oliveira, Fabiana Lopes de Oliveira, Sérgio Brazolin / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2018) 000–000 5
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Table 1. American Use Categories. Use Category
Service Conditions interior construction above ground dry interior construction above ground damp
Deterioration Agents
UC1
insects only
UC2
decay fungi and insects
UC3A
exterior construction above ground coated & rapid water runoff
decay fungi and insects
UC3B
exterior construction above ground uncoated or poor water runoff
decay fungi and insects
UC4A
ground contact or fresh water non-critical components
decay fungi and insects
UC4B
ground contact or fresh water critical components or difficult replacement
decay fungi and insects with increased potential for biodeterioration decay fungi and insects with extreme potential for biodeterioration
UC4C
ground contact or fresh water critical structural components
UC5A
salt or brackish water and adjacent mud zone which includes Long Island, NY and northward, north of San Francisco
salt water organisms
UC5B
salt or brackish water and adjacent mud zone south of Long Island, NY to the southern border of GA, south of San Francisco salt or brackish water and adjacent mud zone South of GA, Gulf Coast Hawaii and Puerto Rico
salt water organisms including creosote tolerant Limnoria tripunctata
UC5C
salt water organisms including Martesia, Sphaeroma
In Australia, standard AS 1604– Specification for preservative treatment (AS, 2012) defines that any preservative treated product must be branded, indicating, among other characteristics, the Hazard Class this product can be exposed to, likewise the American Use Categories. The Australian Hazard Classes are six totally, as shown in Table 2.
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