Research Article

New Technology and Experimental Study on Snow-Melting Heated Pavement System in Tunnel Portal

Table 1

Temperature monitored in field experiment.

Heating time03 h5 h8 h10 h

Air temperature (°C)−11.3−8.9−7−7.9−9.5

Pavement temperature with single-circuit heating cable (°C)−8.3−2.40.81.963.4

Pavement temperature with double-circuit heating cable (°C)0.62.33.23.8