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Accession Number:
AD0753192
Title:
Snowdrift and Foundation Studies for the New South Pole Station.
Corporate Author:
NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
Report Date:
1972-11-01
Abstract:
A two part study was conducted to determine the snowdrift characteristics of the new South Pole Station and properties of snow foundations at the South Pole. Snowdrift characteristics were studied using 1150 scale models in a wind cut and 110 scale models in the field. From the scale model tests, areas of high and low snow accumulation rates were determined for a static undisturbed state in the vicinity of the station. The physical properties of natural and compacted snow were determined for the South Pole and three load settlement tests were conducted on different foundation materials. The load settlement tests showed that the settlement rate of footings on natural snow is several times greater than footings on compacted snow. Author
Descriptive Note:
Technical note,
Pages:
0037
File Size:
0.00MB
