Self-Heated Pavements

Lose of vehicle's control in New York (NY) State during winter time increases transportation-related fatalities and injuries. In fact, fatalities and injuries due to icy roads are more than four times those from natural disasters at the national level. In addition to their high safety hazards, icy roads limit the growth of the economy in New York State - and other northern states - since they reduce the capacity of major highways due to slow traffic, accidents, or road closures. Further, road closures in extreme snowstorms constrain the mobility and accessibility of people, public transit, and emergency vehicles which increases the social hazards. Aiming to overcome all hazards associated with icy-roads, New York State implements various techniques for highway deicing such as (1) spreading roads with deicing salts which deteriorate pavement materials and increase the salinity of ground water streams, (2) using the extremely expensive porous asphalts for better vehicle control and faster snow and ice clearing compared to conventional pavements. Without the environmentally hazardous deicing salts or the expensive asphalt mixes, this project presents another technique to ensure ice-free surfaces in winter time.

• Record URL:
  http://www.utrc2.org/research/projects/self-heated-pavements

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $168620.00
• Contract Numbers:

  49198-30-27

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University Transportation Research Center

  City College of New York
  Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031
• Project Managers:

  Thorson, Ellen

  Eickemeyer, Penny

• Performing Organizations:

  Cornell University

  Ithaca, NY  United States  14853

  Columbia University

  610 SW Mudd
  500W 120th Street
  New York, New York  United States  10027

  State University of New York, Albany

  1400 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12222
• Principal Investigators:

  Orr, David

  Yin, Huiming

  Longtin, Jon

  Abdelaziz, Sherif

• Start Date: 20150601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20180430
• Source Data: RiP Project 39609

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicing; Deterioration by environmental action; Environmental impacts; Heat; Pavements; Snowstorms; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01562671
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University Transportation Research Center
• Contract Numbers: 49198-30-27
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 1 2015 2:50AM