Category Archives: Environment and Climate

Experts Preparing Roads for Extreme Weather

Posted on February 24, 2014 by nradmin
Experts from several road laboratories in Europe, including the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), have been working together for some time to ensure that Europe's roads will be better equipped to withstand extreme weather conditions. The European road system must be...

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Nordic Road Administration Researches Residual Salt

Posted on October 3, 2013 by nradmin
The purpose is to develop a model for residual salt to be implemented. The model will be capable of calculating the residual salt in real time or predicting the development of residual salt on the road after spreading, by taking traffic, road and weather parameters into consideration. Defining the...

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Modelling Residual Salt – MORS

Posted on March 15, 2013 by nradmin
Nordic Road Authorities join efforts for better decision making in road winter service. A new model for predicting residual salt on the road enables a more precise and economic salt spreading without compromising traffic safety and road network accessibility. Introduction In an effort towards a...

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