A METHODOLOGY FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO WINTER HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE

A methodology is described whereby the ice scraping performance of cutting edges as a function of their geometry has been measured, first in the laboratory, then in controlled (closed road) field tests, and finally in a limited field deployment. The results of this study have been very promising. However, as important as the specific results have been, perhaps equally as important has been the development of a methodology whereby promising research ideas can be taken from the lab to the field as rapidly (with due care) as possible. Such a rapid research and development methodology can be applied to a number of winter maintenance activities and, no doubt, to other areas as well.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: p. 188-191

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00721878
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0965231003
  • Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Jun 12 1996 12:00AM