Browsing Civil and Environmental Engineering by Subject "Winter Road Maintenance"
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Liquid Organic Anti-icing Chemicals for Winter Road Maintenance
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-24)Over five million tons of road salts are applied in Canada every winter to keep users of roads, parking lots and side walks safe. While effective for snow and ice control, salts at high concentrations are detrimental to ... -
Field Evaluation and Performance Analysis of Different Pre-wetting Ratios for Sustainable Salting
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)In countries like Canada road safety and mobility could be compromised to a great extent during winters due to deterioration of road surface conditions (RSC). Adverse winter weather conditions such as ice, frost, and ... -
A Mathematical Model for Winter Maintenance Operations Management
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Scheduling of winter maintenance operations such as plowing or salting is a difficult and complex problem. Proper selection and timing of such operations is critical to their effectiveness, however scheduling decisions ... -
Quantifying the Effects of Winter Weather and Road Maintenance on Emissions and Fuel Consumptions
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)Winter road maintenance (WRM) has significant benefits including improving road safety and reducing traffic delay caused by adverse weather conditions. It has also been suggested that WRM is beneficial in terms of reducing ...