Citation

Fox NK. Transp. Res. Rec. 1976; 576: 17-19.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

A frost and ice detection system for bridge decks based on the detection of the heat of fusion of ice is being used experimentally in Iowa. Observation of the operation of 5 installations during the 1971-72 winter revealed that 57 alarms were genuine and 9 were false and that on 7 occasions the units failed to detect frost, ice, or snow.