SNOW COMPACTION - DESIGN CRITERIA AND TEST PROCEDURES.

Abstract

Techniques and equipment are presently available for producing high-strength snow capable of supporting wheeled aircraft with tire inflation pressures up to 75 psi and gross weights up to 75,000 lbs. Current investigations in Antarctic are directed toward increasing the load-bearing capacity of compacted-snow runways on deep perennial snowfields up to 150,000 lbs. Existing criteria are given for the design of compactedsnow roads and runways on annual and perennial snowfields. The limitations of these criteria require that they be applied with judgment. Improved test equipment, instruments, and procedures are being developed to test the properties and trafficability of compacted snow. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 1964
Accession Number
AD0437120

Entities

People

  • E. H. Moser Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Bearing Capacity
  • Design Criteria
  • Judgment
  • Physical Properties
  • Snow
  • Snowfields
  • Test Equipment
  • Trafficability
  • Vehicle Equipment
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Software Engineering
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).