Connected Vehicle Integration Research and Design Guidelines Development
New data communications tower arrives for installation
DATA TOWER: The data communications tower was delivered to Transcend on 9/8/10. This tower will be constructed in the coming weeks and will be outfitted with telemetry equipment and cameras to be used as additional resources for research projects at the site.
Transcend Facility Update: Snow guns
Does your project need an open road? Located in Central Montana at the former Lewistown airport, Transcend’s research facility offers four miles of real-world paved test surface, a highly innovative, multidisciplinary research staff, and a comprehensive communications, power, and data networking infrastructure allowing innovations to make the jump from the laboratory to the real world. […]
Researchers complete a man-made snow event.
WTI researchers completed a man-made snow event for the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters Inhibitor Longevity and Deicer Performance Study. The goal of this event was to evaluate corrosion inhibitor longevity in anti-icers after roadway application following a significant snow event. Three inhibited chloride anti-icers were applied with a specially designed applicator trailer. Snow production began following […]
WTI staff held a snowmaking event in February
Snowmaking: WTI staff held a snowmaking event in February to check and tune the snowmaking equipment. Based on data from this event, the fan guns will be updated with new weather stations and nozzle upgrades to make snow more consistently and efficiently at temperatures slightly below freezing. Snowmaking equipment upgrades will be completed by next […]
Instrumentation boxes and conduit have been installed on the data tower
Data Tower: Instrumentation boxes and conduit have been installed on the data tower. Pending good weather, a camera and antennas will be installed on the tower along with a server, DVR, and other network equipment in the shop in the coming weeks. A wireless connection between the shop network and the weather station will also […]
WTI personnel completed the third Field Operational Test.
WTI personnel completed the third Field Operational Test for the Caltrans Establishing Best Practices of Snow and Ice Removal research project. Similar to previous tests for this project, chemicals were applied late in the afternoon with air and pavement temperatures above freezing. Once the pavement temperature fell below freezing, snow was applied and compacted overnight […]
Washington State DOT donates two Halliday RT3 friction trailers for use at Transcend
Washington State DOT donated two Halliday RT3 friction trailers to Transcend and one was recently installed on a truck. The friction trailer will be used this winter to provide quantitative friction measurements during testing.
Transcend Advisory Committee Meeting February 24, 2010
The Transcend Advisory Committee met on February 24, 2010 via the web to review the history of the facility as well as projects underway and the current status of facility development. The Advisory Committee provides guidance on potential research opportunities as well as serving as a sounding board for research ideas and the usefulness of […]
WTI researchers initiate a “Black Ice” event for the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters
WTI researchers initiated a “Black Ice” event for the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters. The goal of this event is to evaluate the duration corrosion inhibitors last when applied to pavement in anticipation of frost or black ice. Applications of three inhibited chloride chemicals were sampled immediately after application and will continue to be sampled for the […]