SUBSURFACE TRANSPORTATION METHODS IN DEEP SNOW.

• Main Author: Abele,Gunars
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; Surface Transportation and Equipment; *SNOW; *TRANSPORTATION; ROADS; RAILROADS; VEHICLES; MOBILITY; FRICTION; RUBBER; WHEELS; GREENLAND; Gage; Greenland; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0631949; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0631949

During the 1962 test season in Greenland, a study was performed on subsurface transportation methods. A 1600 ft long, covered test trench containing horizontal curves and a 400 ft long processed snow floor section was constructed. Wheel trafficability tests on the snow trench floor were conducted wi...