Title :
In Field Application of an Innovative Sensor for Monitoring Road and Runway Surfaces
Author :
Mesin, Luca ; Troiano, Amedeo ; Pasero, Eros
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electron., Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy
Abstract :
Water and ice detection over road and runway surfaces is important to improve traffic safety and to reduce maintenance costs. An innovative low cost capacitive sensor was endowed with an algorithm based on the time derivative of the measured capacitance to indicate the transitions between dry, wet, or icy state of road and runway surfaces. The sensor was investigated theoretically and validated with experiments on field.
Keywords :
accident prevention; air traffic; capacitance measurement; capacitive sensors; ice; road safety; road traffic; water; capacitance measurement; capacitive sensor; ice detection; road monitoring; runway surface monitoring; traffic safety; water detection; Capacitance; Electrodes; Frequency measurement; Ice; Roads; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Capacitive sensor; ice and water detection; road and runway information system;
Conference_Titel :
Sensor Device Technologies and Applications (SENSORDEVICES), 2010 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7474-5
DOI :
10.1109/SENSORDEVICES.2010.36
