EFFECT OF SOLAR RADIATION ON PROCESSED SNOW IN ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION.

Abstract

The report discusses the effect of solar radiation on the strength of in situ processed Peter snow. The effect of short term (less than 2 weeks) solar radiation on the strength of in situ processed snow sintering in the environment of Greenland, can be considered insignificant. Under the environmental conditions, an in situ processed snow deposit can achieve in 45 days 90 to 95% of the unconfined compressive strength of natural snow of comparable density at -9C. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680184

Entities

People

  • Austin Kovacs
  • Rene O. Ramseier

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compressive Strength
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Greenland
  • Radiation
  • Sintering
  • Solar Radiation

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies