Engineering Applications in Permafrost Areas 535 Application of heat pipes to design of shallow foundations on permafrost

This paper describes two structures where heat pipes have been successfully used to provide thermal protection for permafrost soils supporting surface foundations. The heat pipes are two different models of “Cryo-Anchors”, manufactured by the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company. A school construc...

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Main Author: D. W. Hayley
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.513.7444
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/cpc/cpc4-535.pdf