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Studies on traffic disaster in cold regions caused by road freezing and drifting snow

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05452369
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Natural disaster science
Research InstitutionKitami Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

TAKAHASHI Shuhei  Kitami Inst.of Tech.Technology Professor, 工学部, 教授 (50125390)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SATO Kazuhide  Nagaoka Tech.Jun.College Professor, 教授 (80113398)
KAMEDA Takao  Kitami Inst.of Tech.Technology Assistant, 工学部, 助手 (00233974)
ENOMOTO Hiroyuki  Kitami Inst.of Tech.Technology Ass.Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (00213562)
SUGAWARA Noriyoshi  Kitami Inst.of Tech.Technology Ass.Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (50003215)
OHSIMA Toshiyuki  Kitami Inst.of Tech.Technology Professor, 工学部, 教授 (00003210)
Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1995
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
KeywordsRoad / Freezing / Snow drift / Cold region / Disaster / Traffic
Research Abstract

Observations of road surface freezing were carried out at Sekihoku Pass on Road 39 and Tanno Tunnel on Road 333 in Hokkaido during two winter seasons (1993-94 and 1994-95). In Sekihoku Pass, the surface temperature was automatically observed on a road on a usual road, a road on a bridge (bridge road) and a road in snowshed (snowshed road). The bridge road surface was more frequently frozen than usual road, especially in the beginning of winter season, October and November. In the winter season, January and February, the surface temperature of bridge road was lower than that of usual road about 1 or 2 ゚C,but higher in spring season, after May, which means a bridge road is more quickly heated and cooled than a usual road. On the snowshed road, sherbet surface often appeared until April while other surface was frequently dry, which means the solar radiation does not contribute to heating the surface in a snowshed.
The surface temperature was simulated from air temperature, wind speed and radiative temperature of sky as an index of long-wave radiation. The obtained temperature trends were well agreed with the observed data on the three types of road whereas the average was lower about 1-2゚C.
The outdoor experiments for road heating was carried out at Kitami. The most economical heating operation was obtained using of a precipitation sensor and a freezing sensor.
Calculating the movement of individual snow particles, the drifting snow around obstacles was simulated to evaluate the snow fence performance. For the air flow conditions, the average stream line was given from observation and the turbulence components were assumed as sinusoidal variation. In this model the movement of each snow particle was calculated, and accumulating lots of particle movement the formation of snow drift was reappeared.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1995 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1994 Annual Research Report
  • 1993 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All Other

All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] 保苅和雄: "降雪確率を用いたロードヒ-ティングシステムの最適制御" Proceedings of the First Okhotsk International Symposium on Environment and Information Science in Cold Regions,. 1. 136-145 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 菅原宣義: "降雪予測に基づく省エネロードヒ-ティングシステムの実証実験" 寒地技術論文・報告集. 10. 167-172 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 佐々木昭: "降雪センサーの開発(1)" 第8回寒地環境工学合同シンポジウム講演論文集. 8. 29-34 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 高橋修平: "寒冷地における路面凍結予測に関する研究" 日本雪氷学会誌「雪氷」. (発表予定).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 高橋修平: "雪粒子追跡による地吹雪モデル" 日本雪氷学会誌「雪氷」. (発表予定).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] K.Hokari: "Optimum heating energy control system for road-heating based on snow-fall forcasts" Proc.of the First Okhotsk International Symposium on Environment and Information Science in Cold Regions. 1. 136-145 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] N.Sugawara: "Field test for energy saving road-heating system based on snow-fall forecasts" Proc.of Cold Region Technology Conference '94. 10. 167-172 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] A.Sasaki: "Development of a precipitation sensor" Proc.of Cold Region Technology and Environmental Technology. 8. 29-34 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Takahashi: "Prediction of road surface freezing on various road surfaces" J.of Jpn.Soc.of Snow and Ice. (in preparation).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Takahashi: "Numerical model of drifting snow by tracing individual snow particle" J.of Jpn.Soc.of Snow and Ice. (in preparation).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1995 Final Research Report Summary

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