Contents

Abstract
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Statement of the Problem
1.2 Bridge General Information
1.3 Stay Description
1.4 Objective
1.5 Overview
2 Chapter 2
2.1 History of Icing Events on the VGCS
2.2 Lessons Learned from the past Icing Events
2.3 Literature Review
2.4 Technology Matrix
2.5 Most Viable Technologies for VGCS
3 Managing Icing Events
3.1 Background
3.2 Ice Fall Dashboard
3.3 Sensors
3.3.1 Available Sensors
3.3.2 Additional Sensors
3.4 Self-Supporting Instrumentation Tower
3.4.1 Tower design
3.4.2 Anchorage System Design
3.5 Design
4 Outdoor Experiments on the Full Scale Specimens
4.1 Data Acquisition System and Sensors
4.2 Icing Simulation Experiments
4.3 Chemical Experiments
4.4 Coating Experiments
5 Conclusion and Future Work
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Future Work
References
A. Anchorage Design Calculations
B. Rohn Calculation