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MCat: Maintenance
Cat: Winter Maintenance

Snow and ice removal from roads. Performance measures for service. Snow and ice removal equipment. Drainage of melting snow and ice with pollution implications. Ice adhesion and heat transfer influences on road safety and operation.

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Automated Winter Road Maintenance Using Road Surface Condition Measurements [32302] ?

A wheel-based tire-road friction system to automatically control a chemical applicator on a snowplow.

Guidelines for the Selection of Snow and Ice Control Materials to Mitigate Environmental Impacts [30897] ?

Cost, performance, and impacts on the environment and infrastructure of different winter maintenance options.

Investigation of the Variability of Snow Cover Conditions [pdf] [32920] ?

Variation of snow cover along a highway maintenance route.

Recycling of Salt-Contaminated Stormwater Runoff [pdf] [34178] ?

For brine production at road-salt storage facilities.

Surface Transportation Weather and Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology [pdf] [34279] ?

Papers, presentations and evaluations of programs.

Virtual Snowplow Training [pdf] [33530] ?

The use and benefits of virtual snowplow simulators in snowplow driver training programs.

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