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):

• Paige,Russell A.

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:

• (*FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)
• *PERMAFROST)
• (*BUILDINGS
• *ANTARCTIC REGIONS)
• FROST HEAVE
• ICE
• SNOW
• SOIL MECHANICS
• TEMPERATURE

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE