USE OF ICE AS A LOAD-SUPPORTING SURFACE

• Main Author: Linell,Kenneth A.
• Other Authors: ARCTIC CONSTRUCTION AND FROST EFFECTS LAB BOSTON MASS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1958
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE; *LOADS(FORCES); *LOAD DISTRIBUTION; SURFACES; ARCTIC REGIONS; TRANSPORTATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; LANDING FIELDS; CONSTRUCTION; DEFORMATION; STRESSES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; THICKNESS; AIRCRAFT; LANDING; MAINTENANCE; Arctic; Psi; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0659332; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0659332

Ice in the mass is perhaps best described as a highly viscous material having the characteristics of a solid. It may fracture like a brittle material, or it may flow and deform gradually depending upon the intensity of the stress and rate of loading, the temperature, the degree of confinement and th...