Accession Number:
AD0750270
Title:
Building Foundation Study at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Descriptive Note:
Technical note Oct 70-May 72,
Corporate Author:
NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1972-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
22.0
Abstract:
The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory NCEL investigated problems concerning subsurface temperatures, snow accumulation, and potential frost heaving beneath buildings at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Two buildings were selected for a comparative study of their effects upon earth-fill foundation and underlying permafrost. One building has an open below space beneath it for air circulation and the other is completely enclosed. Author
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Snow, Ice and Permafrost
- Structural Engineering and Building Technology