Clear Roads II: High Performance Blade Evaluation

This new Clear Roads project will maintain its focus on advancing winter highway operations nationally through practical, practice-ready research related to materials, equipment and methods. State departments of transportation are aggressively pursuing new technologies, practices, tools, and programs to improve winter highway operations and safety while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The primary objectives for this research are 1) assess multiple plow blades designed for large-scale winter operation applications. The blades that are to be tested will include high-performance blades and standard blades for comparison. 2) develop a standard test protocol for evaluating and selecting blades. This method will be used in this research and should be used for future research.

• Record URL:
  http://clearroads.org/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • TPF-5(353)

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $99,673.66
• Contract Numbers:

  1031542

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Clear Roads Pooled Fund

  St. Paul, MN  United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Akron

  College of Engineering
  Akron, OH  United States  44325
• Start Date: 20190415
• Expected Completion Date: 20200731
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blades (Machinery); Snowplows; Standards; Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01701890
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1031542
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 17 2019 11:43AM