Analysis of Road Surface Temperature for Each Road Section in Winter Using Thermal Mapping System

According to the road accidents statistics of Korea, 33% of fatalities in 2011 occurred in winter. As many factors can be the causes of the accidents in winter season, road freezing is the most important factor among them. If a road manager has information or can predict the road surface condition or temperature, the accidents related with road surface freezing can be reduced. In this study, a thermal mapping system was developed to measure road surface temperatures. And the road surface temperature (RST) and air temperature were measured along the various road sections such as normal road sections, bridge, tunnel and cut slope sections in winter. As a result, although the RST in normal paved road sections was higher than air temperature during night time, the RST in bridges and cut slope sections was lower than air temperature. Moreover, the average RST in bridges and cut slope sections showed lower values than in normal paved road sections. In order to compare the RST among each road section, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used and the result showed that the RST for normal paved road section and bridge, cut slope road section has statistical significant difference. In this study, the authors suggest that significant attention is required in bridges and cut slope sections during winter.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AH010 Surface Transportation Weather.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Yun, DukGeun
  • Park, Jaehong
  • Sung, Junggon
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis of variance; Bridges; Embankments; Mapping; Measurement of specific phenomena; Surface course (Pavements); Surface temperature; Thermal properties; Winter
• Uncontrolled Terms: Thermal mapping
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I62: Winter Maintenance; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01515688
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-2671
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 24 2014 5:00PM