Harovel G. Wheat , Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Phone: (512) 471-1451
E-mail: hwheat@mail.utexas.edu
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Mechanical Engineering Department
1 University Station C2200
Austin, TX 78712-0292

Area(s) of Expertise:
Corrosion of Structural Materials

Vita:

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Mechanical Engineering, 1985
M.S., Univeristy of Denver, Metallurgy, 1974
B.A., University of Colorado, Chemistry, 1969

Technical Interests:

Corrosion of steel in concrete; corrosion of metals and metal matrix composites; environmental degradation of polymer composites; corrosive properties of grouts and fuels

Selected Publications:

Wheat, H.G., Jirsa, J.O., Fowler, D.W., and Berver, E., "Corrosion Damage in Composite-Wrapped Structures," in High Performance Materials in Bridges, A. Azizinamini, A. Yakel, and M. Abdelrahman, Eds., ASCE, Reston, Virginia, pp. 97-105, 2003.

Wheat, H.G., Fowler, D.W., and Jirsa, J.O., "Challenges in Evaluating Different Reinforcement Materials," Corrosion '03, Paper 03297, San Diego, CA, March 16-20, 2003, NACE International, Houston, TX, 2003.

Berver, E., Wheat, H.G., Jirsa, J.O., and Fowler, D.W., "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Composite Wrapping," Proceedings of the Thirteenth (2003) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 25-30, 2003.

Wheat, H.G., "Using Polymers to Restrict Chloride Transport Through Concrete," Cement and Concrete Composites, 23, pp. 119-126, 2002.

Wheat, H.G., Sennour, M.L., and Carrasquillo, R.L., "Improving Concrete Properties Using Fly Ash," in Fundamentals of Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion, D. Chandra and R.G. Bautista, Eds., TMS 2002, 131st Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 17-21, 2002, pp. 329-335, 2002.

Wheat, H.G. and Deshpande, P.G., "Alternative Reinforcement Materials for Concrete - A State of the Art Review," Paper No. 652, Corrosion 2001, Houston, TX, March 11-16, 2001.