Extending the Useful Life of Dye-2 to 1986. Part I: Preliminary Findings and Recommendations.

Abstract

Dew Line Ice Cap Station DYE-2 appears to need major work within the next few years to extend its useful life to 1986. The structural steel frame is overstressed in a few areas and the lower portion of the subsurface timber truss enclosure is in bad condition. Additional performance measurements are needed during 1979 to determine the rate of secondary stress in the structural steel frame and the rate of deterioration of the truss enclosure. With this information a decision can be made whether to move the building sideways onto a new undistorted foundation or to stabilize it in-place by encapsulating the lower 52 ft of the substructure in ice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA074733

Entities

People

  • Charles Korhonen
  • Robert Redfield
  • Wayne Tobiasson

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Backfills
  • Bending Moments
  • Bending Stress
  • Civil Engineering
  • Cold Regions
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Glaciers
  • Measurement
  • New Hampshire
  • Regions
  • Retaining Walls
  • Structural Steel
  • United States

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies