Snow Accumulations on Air Cushion Vehicle Track Sections.

Abstract

Snow accumulations have been observed on a number of different shaped beams that may be employed for guided air cushion train tracks. At low wind velocities the snowfall accumulation was similar on all horizontal surfaces; however at high wind velocities the beams with a plane upper horizontal surface accumulated much lower quantities of snow. The vertical member of the inverted Tee track acts as a 100% density snow fence for snowfall with a crosswind. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0756576

Entities

People

  • R. D. Price
  • T. R. Ringer

Organizations

  • National Research Council Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cushion Vehicles
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Crosswinds
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Motion
  • Physical Properties
  • Tracks
  • Vehicle Tracks
  • Vehicles
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.