ROLE OF SINTERING IN SNOW CONSTRUCTION.

• Main Author: Ramseier,Rene O.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SNOW; *COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES); (*RUNWAYS; SNOW); LANDING FIELDS; POLAR REGIONS; AIRCRAFT; ROADS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RUNWAYS; TEMPERATURE; DENSITY; POROSITY; COLD WEATHER TESTS; GREENLAND; ARCTIC REGIONS; THEORY; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Arctic; Greenland; McMurdo Sound; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0659350; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0659350

The mechanism of sintering and the effect of compaction on snow is discussed. Examples of possible snow runway construction using processed snow for Site II, Greenland, and McMurdo Sound and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, are given. From theory and the examples discussed, it is concluded that snow runways capable of handling large aircraft can be constructed in any polar or temperate region with enough snow and temperatures below the melting point for a sustained period. (Author)