SNOW-MELTING CAPACITY AND STANDARD-DESIGN METHODS OF SNOW-MELTING-GUTTER SYSTEMS

As well known, there are considerable numbers of energywise and soil-engineeringwise problems in the conventional snow-removal and snow-melting systems by means of gasoline-mobile machineries and by utilizing warm-under-ground water.To overcome above the problems, the sonw-conveyance-gutter systems and the snow melting-gutter systems by utilizing surface water have become the tow principal items as the effective and practical countermeasures.However, the standard-design methods of them have not yet been established. The snow-transportation capacity of the snow-conveyance-gutter systems was discussed in our previous paper. In this paper, the snow-melting capacity of the snow-melting-gutter systems by means of surface water is made clear and the standard-design methods of the systems are discussed.