Abstract
Pipe heating system using natural energy is an effective method for snow melting and anti-freezing on the road. Although previous studies on the pipe heating have been made on the snow melting properties, little attention has given to structural properties. Especially, to know the influence of embedded pipe on the structural behavior of concrete slab is very important for its rational design. Thus, the compressive and flexural strength tests using elemental models were conducted in order to obtain the fundamental properties of concrete with heating pipe. This paper presents the experimental results and discussions for structural design of concrete slab for pipe heating.
