SNOW AND ICE PROPERTIES PERTINENT TO WINTER HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
STUDIES WERE MADE OF THE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF SNOW AND ICE. PROPERTIES MEASURED INCLUDED THE STRENGTH, SPECIFIC HEAT AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SNOW, AND THE STRENGTH AND FORCE OF ADHESION OF ICE. PHASE TRANSITIONS AND THE MECHANISMS OF ICE FORMATION ON PAVEMENTS ARE DESCRIBED. THE PROPERTIES OF SNOW IMPORTANT TO HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS ARE DENSITY, TEMPERATURE, HARDNESS AND WATER CONTENT. METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MEASURING THESE PROPERTIES ARE DESCRIBED. SINCE THE DENSITY OF SNOW INCREASES WITH TIME, EXTRA WORK CAN BE SAVED BY REMOVING SNOW DURING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER A SNOWFALL.
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Authors:
- Minsk, L D
- Publication Date: 1965
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 28-44
- Monograph Title: Maintenance practices
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 94
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Hardness; Ice; Icing; Machines; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Mechanical properties; Moisture content; Pavements; Phase transitions; Physical properties; Snow; Temperature; Thermal properties
- Old TRIS Terms: Mechanisms; Phase; Snow & ice properties
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00217976
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM