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17TH World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation - Pre-proceedings of the Congress

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Winter Service Session 18 - Winter Maintenance Management in special situations

Thursday, March 12 11:30 - 13:00
Chair: Ph.D. Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden
Room: Room 1

This session focuses on managing winter maintenance under special and challenging conditions, with speakers from the call for papers. Presentations will examine the functionality of emergency parking plans for heavy vehicles, the operational limits imposed by slope, skid resistance, snowfall rate, truck type, and cycle times, the introduction of friction control using vehicle data in maintenance contracts, and the use of thermal mapping for effective road heating system installation. Together, these contributions highlight practical strategies and innovative solutions to ensure safety and efficiency in demanding winter service situations.

  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Conclusion
  5. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

• Ph.D. Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden

Presentations

  • Functionality of the emergency parking plan for heavy vehicles during winter season
    • Indalecio CANDEL (Directorate General of Traffic, Spain)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 892KB)
  • Winter maintenance – why do we have limits ? slope, skid resistance, snowfall rate, truck type, and cycle times
    • Markus HOFFMANN (Hoffmann Consult and TU Wien, Institute of Transportation, Vienna, AT, Austria)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 1.0MB)
  • Introduction of friction control with vehicle data in Winter Maintenance Contract
    • Björn EKLUND (Trafikverket, Swedish Transport Administration, Sweden)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 479KB)
  • Thermal Mapping Analysis for Effective Installation of Road Heating Systems
    • Keigo HATAMOTO (Hanshin Expressway Research Institute for Advanced Technology, Japan)
    Individual paper Individual paper (pdf - 1.5MB)

Questions and Answers

• Moderator: Ph.D. Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden

Conclusion

• Ph.D. Anna Arvidsson, VTI, Sweden

Organization

Session Organiser: Horst Hanke, Leader of the German Winter Service Committee, Germany
Session Secretary: [To be confirmed]