COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MONOGRAPH 3, SECTION A2a: METHODS OF BUILDING ON PERMANENT SNOWFIELDS

The monograph describes the development of building in, on, and of, snow, beginning with the Eskimo snowhouse for temporary shelter, and leading to permanent installations like 6500-ton steel structures above the snow surface, and a large subsurface encampment maintained with the help of a nuclear r...

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Main Author: Miller,Malcolm
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Structural Engineering and Building Technology
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*BUILDINGS
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS
UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES
STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
ICE
STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
THERMAL INSULATION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
LOADS(FORCES)
SAFETY
Arctic
eskimo*
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0681889
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0681889
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Summary:The monograph describes the development of building in, on, and of, snow, beginning with the Eskimo snowhouse for temporary shelter, and leading to permanent installations like 6500-ton steel structures above the snow surface, and a large subsurface encampment maintained with the help of a nuclear reactor. (Author)

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