CRUSHING STRENGTH AND LONGITUDINAL WAVE VELOCITY IN PROCESSED SNOW,
Abstract
An attempt was made to establish a correlation between longitudinal wave velocity and crushing strength of processed snow and to express this relationship in a fixed set of values. The relationships as established at -10C sigma sub c = C sub 1 - 4062/15.9, for an initial density of 0.543 g/cc and sigma sub c = C sub 1 - 3097/31.8 for an initial density of 0.510 g/cc indicate that the crushing strength of a processed snow sample may be determined from measurements of longitudinal wave velocity, density, and temperature. Although this study was confined to processed snow with an initial density of 0.51 g/cc and 0.54 g/cc, the results are indicative for the normal range of density of processed snow.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0611749
Entities
People
- James L. Smith
Organizations
- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory