Technical Service Center
Materials Engineering and Research Lab
MERL Publications
MERL staff members not only possess unparallelled expertise in materials engineering and testing, they also share their expertise with others in Reclamation and throughout the engineering community. Here are a few of the widely regarded publications that MERL personnel have prepared over the years. All reports are in PDF format; those with no size listed are less than 5 MB.
- Concrete Manual, 8th ed., revised reprint 1981, reprinted 1988 (106 MB)
- Concrete Manual Part 2, 9th ed., 1992 (171 MB)
- Creating a GIS System to Display Aggregate Quality Information, 2005 (13 MB)
- Developing NDT Methods to Evaluate Large Anchor Bolts, 2004
- Earth Manual, Part 1, 3rd ed., 1998
- Earth Manual, Part 2, 3rd ed., 1990 (216 MB)
- Guide to Concrete Repair, 1997 (9 MB)
- Guide to Protective Coatings: Inspection and Maintenance, 2002
- Linings for Irrigation Canals, 1976 (21 MB)
- New Recommendations for ASR Mitigation in Reclamation Concrete Construction
- Performance of Granular Soil Covers on Canals (REC-ERC-81-7), 1981
- Performance of Plastic Canal Linings (REC-ERC-84-1), 1984 (19.5 MB)
- Standard Specifications for Corrugated Polyethylene and Polyvinyl-Chloride Drainage Pipe — M-20, 1995
- Use of Geomembranes for Emergency Spillways, 1985