In this paper, the method of melting snow on airport pavement with carbon fibre grille reinforced composites is presented to avoid the adverse effects of snow-melting chemicals. The strength and resistance of different composites are analysed. The field snow-melting experiments of pavement in which carbon fibre grilles are embedded in different depths are conducted when the snow is heavy. The temperatures along the depth of pavement are analysed at different times. It is shown that, with an input power of 300 W m −2 , the 2.6 cm thick snow can be melted within 4 hours, which is just for melting snow at this condition. The snow-melting of 5 cm embedded depth of carbon fibre grille is better. The findings indicate that the method of melting snow on airport pavement containing the grille made of carbon fibre heating wires and steel bar is feasible in the snowy weather condition.

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