SNOW-COMPACTION EQUIPMENT - SNOW PLANES

• Main Author: Moser, Jr, E H
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1961
• Subjects: Construction Equipment; Materials & Supplies; *ROAD BUILDING EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; NAVAL EQUIPMENT; POLAR REGIONS; RUNWAYS; Sastrugi; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0250532; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0250532

a commercially available tow-type land plane was modified to a snow plane for the navy's coldprocessing snow-compaction techniques. two sizes have been developed. one, for general-purpose use, has a 40-foot span and is called a model 40 snow plane. the other, for specific use on the long-wave s...