CONCEPTION, DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AN ALL COMPOSITE SNOWPLOUGH FOR HIGHWAYS

This paper describes the development and application of composite materials used as primary load-bearing structural components for highway snowplough equipment. The main objective of this work was to design and develop a light weight composite snowplough with inherent damping characteristics to reduce the transmission of road surface vibration into the vehicle structure and to reduce power consumption. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E202707.

• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • BELANGER, G
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 603-10
• Serial:
  • XTH PIARC INTERNATIONAL WINTER ROAD CONGRESS 16-19 MARCH 1998 IN LULEAA, SWEDEN
  • Volume: 2
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Composite materials; Conferences; Damping (Physics); Lightweight materials; Plastics; Reinforcement (Engineering); Reinforcing materials; Snowplows
• ITRD Terms: 9005: Composite; 8525: Conference; 5559: Damping; 9038: Lightweight; 7454: Plastic material; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 2572: Snow clearance equipment
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799554
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 6 2000 12:00AM