PENETRATION OF PLATES IN DENSE SNOW.

• Main Authors: Mellor,Malcolm, ramseier,Rene O.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: (*SNOW; FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)); (*FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES); SNOW); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; THEORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; METAL PLATES; PENETRATION; DEFORMATION; LOADS(FORCES); STRESSES; SHEAR STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH(PHYSIOLOGY); POLAR REGIONS; Greenland; Kerr; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0617617; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0617617

As part of a program of snow studies in Greenland, instrumented struts were placed in rooms excavated below the surface of the ice cap. Closure rates were measured in the undersnow cavities, and strut loads developed by snow pressure on the circular end plates were recorded. The strut installations...