DEVELOPMENT OF A FROST AND ICE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGES

A frost and ice detection system for bridge decks based on the detection of the heat of fusion of ice is being used experimentally in Iowa. Observation of the operation of 5 installations during the 1971-72 winter revealed that 57 alarms were genuine and 9 were false and that on 7 occasions the units failed to detect frost, ice, or snow.

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• Authors:
  • Fox, Norbert K
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 17-19
• Monograph Title: Pavement and Bridge Icing
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 576
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Detection and identification; Detectors; Frost; Highway bridges; Ice
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139578
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309024900
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM