COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MONOGRAPH 3, SECTION A2b: INVESTIGATION AND EXPLOITATION OF SNOWFIELD SITES

Abstract

The document covers the site investigations and laboratory tests in connection with construction on a permanent snowfield, and then deals with the technology of excavation and building where snow is almost the only constructional material. The author draws heavily on the work of the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in the development of Camp Century and other projects on the Greenland ice sheet and shows the application of the techniques to Antarctic Research Stations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0686314

Entities

People

  • Malcolm Mellor

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold Regions
  • Construction
  • Creep
  • Drops
  • Engineering
  • Excavation
  • Fluids
  • Glaciers
  • Heat Energy
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.