Pipe heating system with underground water tank for snow thawing and ice prevention on roads and bridge decks

Journal of Cold Regions Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Yoshitake, Isamu ^a   Yasumura, Narifumi ^b   Syobuzako, Masayuki ^c   Scanlon, Andrew ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamaguchi Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^c Eight Consultants Okayama   (Japan)

^d The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete pavements; Freezing; Groundwater; Pipes; Snow; Tanks

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; ELECTRIC HEATER; HEATING PIPES; HEATING SYSTEM; ROAD AND BRIDGE; ROAD CONDITION; ROAD TEMPERATURE; ROADS AND BRIDGES; SNOW AND ICE; TANKS; UNDERGROUND TANKS; WINTER SEASONS;

BRIDGE DECKS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; DISASTERS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROUNDWATER; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; ICE; OPERATING COSTS; PIPE; ROADS AND STREETS; SNOW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THAWING; WATER TANKS;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

CONCRETE; FREEZING; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEATING; PAVEMENT; PIPE; SNOW; STORAGE TANK; THAWING; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 79958733675     PISSN: 0887381X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CR.1943-5495.0000023     Document Type: Article

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