Prevention of Bridge Deck Icing Using Geothermal Heat -Test Bridge Sections

Spitler, Jeffrey D.; Hogue, Timothy D.; Wadivkar, Ojas; Liao, Chen-Jui

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Prevention of Bridge Deck Icing Using Geothermal Heat -Test Bridge Sections

1996-01-01
By Spitler, Jeffrey D. ; Hogue, Timothy D. ; Wadivkar, Ojas ; ...

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Spitler, Jeffrey D. ; Hogue, Timothy D. ; Wadivkar, Ojas ; Liao, Chen-Jui
Corporate Creators:

Oklahoma State University. College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Corporate Contributors:

Oklahoma. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Bridge Decks Cold Weather Deicing Freezing Geothermal Resources Heating Systems Prevention Testing
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

Oklahoma. Department of Transportation
Abstract:

The project covered by this final report, Prevention of Bridge Deck Icing Using Geothermal Heat -- Test Bridge Sections has two important aspects - the thermal performance of the test system and the structural effects of the test system. Two investigate both aspects, the project team is made up of both mechanical engineers and civil engineers. In particular, one graduate student from each area is working on the project and will be completing a master's thesis on the work. Accordingly, the final report is divided up into two sub-reports: "Thermal Performance of a Geothermal Bridge Deck De-icing System" and "Thermal Stress Predictions for Geothermally Heated Bridge Decks". Both of these sub-reports are attached. It is the purpose of this executive summary to highlight a few of the main conclusions from the project. In addition to the funded research, a significant amount of additional modeling work was done on both aspects of the has provided some additional perspective to help in the interpretation of the results.
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