PIONEER POLAR STRUCTURES - SKID-FOUNDATION STUDY FOR A 64-FOOT JAMESWAY.

• Main Author: Sherwood, Gerald E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: *BUILDINGS; POLAR REGIONS; CONSTRUCTION; MOBILE; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS; TOWED BODIES; JAMESWAY BUILDINGS; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0465266; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0465266

Frequent relocation of polar camps at outlying work centers and construction projects on snow and ice is necessary because of changing requirements, drifting snow and site contamination. Disassembly and re-erection of buildings during these moves is laborious and time consuming. In order to simplify the movement of these camps, a skid foundation for Jamesways up to 64 feet long is being developed. An experimental, 64foot-long, rigid steel foundation was tested on a fairly hard snow area near McMurdo, Antarctica, in February 1965. During the tests, the foundation was high-centered over a hard ridge of snow and the cantilever action caused it to separate at the midpoint. It is now being redesigned to provide a hinge-joint at the center thus eliminating the bending moment. Test and evaluation of the hinged foundation are planned during the summer season of Deep Freeze 66. (Author)