Ice Engineering Facility (Ice Engineering. Number 34, August 2002)

Abstract

The Ice Engineering Facility (IEF) is a unique hydraulic research facility located at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire part of the Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). IEF houses the coldrooms for sophisticated modeling of hydraulic processes in cold regions. The design and opening philosophy of the facility is to provide system flexibility for maximum capability in solving cold regions engineering problems. including ice jams. ice management at locks and dams. vertical and horizontal ice forces on riverine and marine structures. performance of vessels in riverine and sea ice. ice impact on shorelines and the environment. ice effects on sediment movement. and ice effects on fish. Some features and recent research examples are described below.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA445209

Entities

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cameras
  • Civil Engineering
  • Cold Regions
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Glaciers
  • Information Exchange
  • Instrumentation
  • New Hampshire
  • Refrigeration Systems
  • Regions
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design