Experiment was started in 1961 to melt snow and ice automatically on the on- and off-ramps of F.G.Gardiner Expressway, in Metropolitan Toronto, Canada; experiment was carried out on site under actual traffic conditions; electric heat was generated by iron wire mesh mats embedded under pavement surface using between 20 and 30 v; electricity was turned on and off automatically by temperature and weather detection instruments; results of experiments are described together with maintenance cost data.
Snow and ice removal from road surfaces by electrical heating
Nat Research Council -- Highway Research Board -- Research Rec
1965
16 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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