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Article
Road System Maintenance in Winter
Author(s)
Svetozar Madzhov
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5298/2018.08.002
Affiliation(s)
Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1756, Bulgaria
ABSTRACT
In order to eliminate the difficulties caused by the presence of snow and
ice on the road surface and to create a safe, constant and convenient movement
with their design speeds and loads, companies and organizations should apply a
set of roads winter maintenance activities. Drifted snow on the roads is
determined by a group of factors, which in most cases depend on each other and
occur in different combinations. The main factors are: the climate conditions,
the specific features of the area, the geometric and constructive elements of
the road.
KEYWORDS
Forest roads, winter maintenance, drifted snow, snow-ups.
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