SNOW COMPACTION - DESIGN CRITERIA AND TEST PROCEDURES.

• Main Author: Moser,E. H. ,Jr.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: *SNOW; *ROADS; *RUNWAYS; TRAFFICABILITY; TEST METHODS; PROCESSING; CONSTRUCTION; HARDENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ROAD BUILDING EQUIPMENT; DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; HARDNESS; Antarctic; Psi; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0437120; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0437120

Techniques and equipment are presently available for producing high-strength snow capable of supporting wheeled aircraft with tire inflation pressures up to 75 psi and gross weights up to 75,000 lbs. Current investigations in Antarctic are directed toward increasing the load-bearing capacity of comp...