Before further studies of roughness and its effect on concrete ice abrasion we will implement
the new abrasion measurement system. At first a full comparison between mechanical, ATOS
and laser measurements will be performed on a series of 15 specimens that No.1 and No2
were a part of. Also some initial tests of friction will be made with the new sensitive concrete
ice abrasion machine. Then ATOS and laser measurements will be used to study the effect on
concrete-ice abrasion of concrete and ice surface roughness created in different ways in
different types of concrete and ice. The results will be compared to numerical simulations of
crack initiation during ice sliding on a concrete surface asperity. The objective is to get
fundamental information on the mechanics of concrete-ice abrasion to better understand how
to create concrete-ice abrasion resistant structures.