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Projects Relating to Winter Road Maintenance

Abstract or report numbers that are highlighted blue are available for immediate download. Note that some older reports have very large file sizes. If you prefer, you may request a hard copy of those reports from Mark Dunn.

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HR-98 [abstract] [report] Snow Removal and Ice Control in Urban Areas, 1965
HR-134 [abstract] [report] Development of a Frost and Ice Detection System for Highway Bridges, 1973
HR-174 [abstract] [report] Visibility and Relative Motion of IA DOT Snow Plows, 1975
HR-187 [abstract] [report] Microcomputer Based Frost Detector for Bridges, 1979?
HR-202 [abstract] [report] 2.4 MB Wind Tunnel Analysis Adjust Topography Drifting Snow Highway Grade Separation, 1979
HR-243 [abstract] [report] Production & Evaluation of Calcium Magnesium Acetate, 1982
HR-253 [abstract] [report] Experimental Use of Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA), 1987
HR-258 [abstract] [report] 1.5 MB Frost Action in Rocks and Concrete, 1986
HR-261 [abstract] [report] Modifications to Improve Reliability of IA DOT Frost Detector, 1984
HR-267 [abstract] [report] 467 kB Snow Removal on Iowa's Secondary Roads (Video), 1984
HR-271 [abstract] [report] 3 MB Effects of Deicing Salt Compounds on Deterioration of PCC, 1987
HR-272 [abstract] [report] 4.4 MB Development of a Conductometric Test for Frost Resistance of Concrete, 1988
HR-290 [abstract] [report] Ice Retardant Pavement, 1991
HR-299 [abstract] [report] 2 MB Control of PCC Deterioration Due to Trace Compounds in Deicers, 1992
HR-304 [abstract] [report] 918 kB Production of Acetic Acid for CMA Deicer, 1988
HR-305 [abstract] [report] 1 MB Development of Expert System for Forecasting Frost on Bridges and Roads in Iowa, 1991
HR-307 [abstract] [report] 2.5 MB Sediment Control in Bridge Water Ways, 1990
HR-321 [abstract] [report] 1 MB Production of Acetic Acid by Fermentation with Propionibacteria, 1995
HR-334 [abstract] [report] 3.3 MB Field Measurements of Plow loads During Ice Removal Operations, 1993
HR-361 [abstract] [report] 3 MB Development of a Model for the Ice Scraping Process, 1996
HR-372 [abstract] [report] 3.5 MB Measurements of Ice Scraping Forces on Snow-Plow Underbody Blades, 1997
HR-374 [abstract] [report] 896 kB Field Measurements of Ice Scraping Loads on Front Mounted Plow Blades, 1997
  HR-391 [abstract] [report] 2.5 MB Optimal Usage of De-Icing Chemicals When Scraping Ice, 2003
HR-558 [abstract] [report] 172 kB Raised Pavement Markers, 1995
HR-1021 [abstract] [report] 362 kB High Range Water Reducers in PCC Made With D-Crack Susceptible Coarse Aggregate, 1980
TR-434 [abstract] [report] 129 kB The Use of Abrasives in Winter Maintenance
TR-400 [abstract] [report] 844 kB The Potential for Friction as a Tool for Winter Maintenance, 1998
  TR-412 [abstract] [report] 444 kB Development of a Computer Controlled Underbody Plow, 2006
  TR-460 [abstract] [report] 1.0 MB Living Snow Fences, November 2006
  TR-471 [abstract] [report] 974 kB Evaluation of Deicing Materials and Corrosion Reducing Treatments for Deicing Salts, June 2007
TR-475 [abstract] [report] 3.4 MB

Synthesis of Best Practice for Increasing Protection and Visibility of Highway Maintenance Vehicles, 2002

MLR-8708 [abstract] [report] 452 kB Evaluation of Polyphosphate Corrosion Inhibitor, 1988

Deicing Salt Corrosion With and Without Inhibitors, 1987

MLR-9506 [abstract] [report] A Laboratory Evaluation of Carbide Inserts for Snowplow Blades, 1996
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