COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. PART 3. SECTION A3C. BLOWING SNOW

Abstract

The monograph reviews available information on blowing snow and the formation of snowdrifts. The mechanics of wind transport is discussed, with special emphasis on turbulent diffusion of snow particles in the surface boundary layer. The metering of blowing snow is explained, and field data are given for concentration and flux of snow particles as functions of wing speed and height above the surface. Deposition and erosion of snow is discussed and tunnel modeling is considered. The construction and deployment of snow fences is described, and snow fence performance is analysed. Snow drifting on highways and around structures is considered. Some electrical and optical phenomena are reviewed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0630328

Entities

People

  • Malcolm Mellor

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Construction
  • Electrical Properties
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Froude Number
  • Glaciers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Meteorology
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Snow
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Diffusion
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Software Engineering