ICING CONDITIONS ON DIFFERENT PAVEMENT STRUCTURES

In 1976, Test Field Linkoping 1976 was constructed at the National Swedish Road and Traffic Research Institute at Linkoping. The object of the investigations at the test field was to make a general study of the interaction between climate and road construction that results in slippery conditions in cold weather and to make a particular study of the icing risk potential of different road constructions. The investigations included road constructions representing both conventional uninsulated road pavements and constructions insulated with plastic foam, sulfur foam, expanded clay, and pelletized slag. The field was provided with instrumentation that automatically recorded, inter alia, the temperatures on and in the various road sections and in the air, the humidity, and the radiation balance. Investigations at Test Field Linkoping 1976 were carried out over the winter seasons 1976-1977 to 1979-1980. A comprehensive review of the results is given. The climatic and road conditions in conjunction with ice formation are described, as well as examples of the variation in friction, surfacing temperature, etc., on the different road pavements in the winter. On the basis of these results, the relative icing risk potential of different road pavements has been determined. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Gustafson, Kent
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 21-28
• Monograph Title: Snow control, traffic effects on new concrete, and corrosion
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 860
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate; Experimental roads; Field tests; Foams; Granulated slag; Hazards; Icing; Pavement design; Plastic foams; Risk assessment; Sulfur
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

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• Accession Number: 00369284
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309033632
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1983 12:00AM