Journal article
Evaluating Snow and Ice Control Chemicals for Environmentally Sustainable Highway Maintenance Operations
Journal of transportation engineering, Vol.140(11), p.5014005
11/01/2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/121311
Abstract
The use of chemicals and abrasives for highway winter maintenance operations is an essential strategy for ensuring a reasonably high level of service, yet the performance of such materials has to be balanced with their potential negative impacts on motor vehicles, transportation infrastructure, and the natural environment. In this context, this work presents a comprehensive and quantitative evaluation of snow and ice control chemicals currently used by various Idaho Transportation Department districts for highway maintenance operations, including rock salts (mainly solid sodium chloride), IceSlicer products (solid sodium chloride with trace amounts of other chlorides), and salt brines. The analysis has been enabled by the utilization of existing lab and field test data along with reasonable assumptions, in the effort to identify environmentally sustainable materials for winter highway operations. Despite its caveats, this case study is the first attempt to incorporate the most up-to-date information into a multicriteria decision making framework for the data-driven, holistic examination of various snow and ice control chemicals used by a maintenance agency.
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- Title
- Evaluating Snow and Ice Control Chemicals for Environmentally Sustainable Highway Maintenance Operations
- Creators
- Xianming Shi - Montana State Univ. Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan Polytechnic Univ., Program Manager, Western Transportation Institute, Research Professor, Civil Engineering Dept., , P.O. Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717 (corresponding author). E-mailScott Jungwirth - Montana State Univ. Graduate Research Assistant, Corrosion and Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, Western Transportation Institute, , P.O. Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717. E-mailMichelle Akin - Montana State Univ. Research Engineer, Western Transportation Institute, , P.O. Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717. E-mailRon Wright - Idaho Transportation Dept. (ITD) Chemist Supervisor, , P.O. Box 7129, Boise, ID 83707-1129. E-mailLaura Fay - Western Transportation Institute, Montana State Univ. Research Scientist, , P.O. Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717. E-mailDavid A Veneziano - Western Transportation Institute, Montana State Univ. Research Scientist, , P.O. Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717. E-mailYan Zhang - Western Transportation Institute, Montana State Univ. Project Assistant, Corrosion and Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory, , P.O. Box 174250, Bozeman, MT 59717. E-mailJing Gong - Wuhan Polytechnic Univ. Wuhan Univ. Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, ; and Ph.D. Candidate, , Wuhan 430023, . E-mailZhirui Ye - Southeast Univ. Professor, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, , Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, 2 Sipailou, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, . E-mail
- Publication Details
- Journal of transportation engineering, Vol.140(11), p.5014005
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Identifiers
- 99900612705101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article