Frozen road operation improvements.

Details

• Creators:
  Bosscher, Peter ; Edil, Tuncer
• Corporate Creators:
  Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation. Social Media Peer Exchange Planning Team
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Computer Models Load Limits Pavements Seasonally Frozen Ground Thaw
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MRUTC 07-04
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Wisconsin
• Edition:
  Final report; 8/11/06-5/31/09.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Midwest Regional University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  A research study in 1996-1997, sponsored by WisDOT, was undertaken by the PI of this proposal to develop a computer model to correlate climate
  
  and pavement data for the year in progress in order to project when to impose and lift weight restrictions. Our research team collected field data
  
  relating to weather and road stiffness over two winter-spring periods, which enabled the development of a six-phase computer model integrating
  
  weather conditions, heat transfer, roadway stiffness, stress-strain effects, and estimates of pavement damage load (EDL) for a given road 30, 60, 90, or
  
  120 days into the future based on user-supplied average daily temperatures experienced in the year to date.
  
  WisDOT’s Bureau of Highway Operations, (BOH) used this software, known as UWFROST, during the ’98-’99 and ’99-’00 winter seasons and
  
  found the software’s fall freezing and spring thawing projections to be quite accurate for normal winters.
  
  Since this study was conducted, additional data has been collected using frost tubes to declare the roads frozen and then unfrozen. Changes in
  
  Wisconsin climate have also been noted which will affect the model. More data has been collected at the national level, which relates pavement
  
  material moduli to temperature. All of which needs to be integrated into an updated version of the model.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0092-06-11
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e01956dc7bce1dfd4e40d5d5484cafcf013dfdbe4d8c31ffbd42393ace9b6409
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17225/dot_17225_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.11 MB ]