Have Minnesota's Warmer Winters Increased the Number of Freeze Thaw Cycles?

This study would attempt to quantify the number of freeze/thaw events daily, monthly, and annually from historical temperature records, freeze gauges, and other data. It would also attempt to collect ground/pavement temperature and study its correlation with air temperature during freeze/thaw events.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $59,984.00
• Contract Numbers:

  1036334 WO#4

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

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

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Institute for Transportation
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, Iowa  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Ceylan, Halil

• Start Date: 20201016
• Expected Completion Date: 20210831
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeze thaw durability; Surface temperature; Winter
• Subject Areas: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727581
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036334 WO#4
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 14 2020 12:31PM