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Development and Laboratory Simulation Tests of Anti-skidding Ice Melting Cushion with Carbon Fibers for Pavement

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This paper focused on ice processing and snow melting on urban pavement during the winter time in South China under the emergent situation. A kind of electrothermal cushion with carbon fiber was developed to improve resistance to skidding of pavement in winter and help melt ices and snows on the surface of pavement to ensure driving safety. This special cushion is composed of multilayer materials and structures. Laboratory tests for the cushion were conducted to analyze its electrothermal performance, heating uniformity, effect of ice melting, skidding resistance and frictions. At the same time, the durability of the ice melting cushion was evaluated. The results indicate that the developed anti-skidding electrothermal ice melting cushion with carbon fiber is stable in heating ability, high in heating speed, and the surface and bottom temperature of the ice melting mat during operation is not more than 30 ℃ without burning pavements and wheel tires, and the melting rate can reach 78.7% for one hour. The cushion can achieve excellent skid resistance and interlayer friction performance. The cushion can completely meet the requirements such as repeated rolling compaction under vehicle load, abrasion, bursting, etc., and have good durability. Therefore, the cushion is recommended to directly be placed on the pavement surface without interrupting traffics to improve the anti-skidding performance and short-term ice and snow melting in winter. The cushion has lower heating and deicing cost and has a better deicing effect and better economic benefits. Moreover, the cushion only needs to be used in winter, which extends its service life and can be reused without adverse impact on road performance.

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This work has been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51878077), Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province (Grant No. CX20190645).

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    Xudong Zha, Hengwu Hu, Chengjian Zhang & Tao Luo

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Zha, X., Hu, H., Zhang, C. et al. Development and Laboratory Simulation Tests of Anti-skidding Ice Melting Cushion with Carbon Fibers for Pavement. Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol. 15, 1251–1261 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-021-00086-2

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