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Title:

Evaluation of Snow and Ice Control Materials for Highway Maintenance Operations: A Renewed, Data-Driven Perspective

Accession Number:

01514811

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The use of chemicals and abrasives for highway winter maintenance operations is an essential strategy for ensuring a reasonably high level of service, yet the performance of such materials has to be balanced with their potential negative impacts on motor vehicles, transportation infrastructure and the natural environment. In this context, this work presents a comprehensive and quantitative evaluation of snow and ice control materials currently used by various Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) districts for highway maintenance operations, including: rock salts (mainly solid sodium chloride), IceSlicer products (solid sodium chloride with trace amounts of other chlorides), salt brines, a corrosion-inhibited magnesium chloride brine, and sand-salt mixtures. The analysis has been enabled by the utilization of existing lab and field test data along with reasonable assumptions. This case study is the first attempt to incorporate the most up-to-date information into a multi-criteria decision making framework for the data-driven, holistic examination of various snow and ice control materials used by a maintenance agency.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHD65 Winter Maintenance. Alternate title: Evaluation of Snow and Ice Control Materials for Highway Maintenance Operations: Renewed, Data-Driven Perspective.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-1469

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Shi, Xianming
Jungwirth, Scott
Akin, Michelle
Wright, Ron
Fay, Laura
Veneziano, David A
Zhang, Yan
Huang, Jiang
Ye, Zhirui

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-1469

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 2:33PM