Non-chemical methods of snow and ice control on highway structures.
Title:
Non-chemical methods of snow and ice control on highway structures.
Author:
Roy Jorgensen and Associates.
Corporate Author:
Publication Information:
[Washington]: Highway Research Board of the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1964.
Physical Description:
74 p.: ill.; 28 cm.
Series:
National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Report no. 4
Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) ; no. 4.
General Note:
"NCHRP project 6-8, Fy'63."
"NAS-NRC publication 1203."
Contents:
Summary -- Theory -- Embedded pipes -- Embedded electrical elements -- Infrared heat -- Other methods for permanent installations -- Portable equipment -- Current snow-removal costs and damage -- Cost comparison: Non-chemical methods versus current methods -- Needed research -- Appendices.
Abstract:
Surveys of highway connected agencies and an extensive literature search of maintenance research in the U.S., Great Britain, and Europe were conducted to compile a review of existing nonchemical methods of snow removal and ice control of concrete surfaces. Details of permanent installations, the water pipe and electrical heating element customarily installed in concrete slabs, are given. Potential applications of electrical and gas-fired infrared heaters are discussed. other methods investigated included covered bridges, electrically conductive road surfaces, snow melting pits, and bridge deck insulation.