Title: Snow removal and ice control technology :
Authors: International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology; National Research Council (U.S.).; Nevada.; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Permanent International Association of Road Congresses; United States.; International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology
Date: 1997
Publisher: National Academy Press,
Physical description: v, 164 p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Abstract: The objective of the symposium was to provide a forum for the exchange of information about state-of-the-art research and technology applications to improve snow removal and ice control operations in transportation systems. Sixty-one papers were presented in the areas of policy and management, infrastructure and snow control, materials and applications, equipment, travel surface, environment and health, road weather information systems and forecasting, and safety and visibility. Papers were authored by maintenance engineers and researchers from Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Twenty-one of these papers are included in this publication.
Contents: Winter maintenance in the Netherlands -- Weather-related traffic management in the E18 Finnish test area -- Model experiment and field observation of a snow avalanche deflector -- Cost-benefit analysis of snow-removing channels in an urban area with heavy snowfall -- Winter maintenance on porous asphalt -- Guidance for successful anti-icing operations based on U.S. experience -- Anti-icing field evaluation -- Tests and evaluation of calcium magnesium acetate-sodium chloride mixtures in Sweden -- Production of low-cost acetate deicers from biomass and industrial wastes -- Active microwave remote sensing of road surface conditions -- Theoretical background for use of a road weather information system -- Predicting slipperiness of road surface in winter with a neural-kalman filter -- Variable slip friction measurement techniques for snow and ice operations -- Effects of studded tire regulation on road environments and traffic conditions in Hokkaido -- Influence of deicing salt on vegetation, groundwater and soil along two highways in Sweden -- Application of a road weather information system -- Field test of road weather information systems and improvement of winter road maintenance in Hokkaido -- Real-time road ice prediction and its improvement in accuracy through a self-learning process -- Benefit-cost comparison and salt-abrasive mixtures used in winter highway maintenance in the United States -- Socioeconomic calculations for winter tires -- Field test results of intelligent delineator system: Intelligent transport system technology research and development for winter traffic.
Subject headings (LCSH): Ice prevention and control--Congresses.; Ice prevention and control.; Roads--Snow and ice control; Roads--Snow and ice control--Congresses.; Snow removal; Snow removal--Congresses.