EXPERIENCE IN THE CONTROL OF GLACIERS ON THE TAYSHET-LENA RAILWAY

• Main Author: Korzh,V. I.
• Other Authors: ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *RAILROADS; GLACIERS; CONTROL; CONSTRUCTION; PERMAFROST; ICE; THICKNESS; SOILS; HAZARDS; STRUCTURES; USSR; EARTHEN EMBANKMENTS; TRANSLATIONS; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0691318; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0691318

The problem of combating key and ground glaciers along the railroad had been solved, however, it is still a serious problem as regard to river glaciers, since the retaining of ice by earthen embankments surrounding man-made structure prove to be inadequate. In many cases the hydrogeological and topographic conditions prevented the construction of embankments. The prevention of the formation of glaciers near man-made structure should be regarded as the most effective means of controlling ice. Constant or periodic electrical heating of a stream near installations can be used on electrified railroads. On non-electrified railroads attempts should be made to construct an embankment on the upper side of installations with a basin depth of 4-5 meters, and in this case the installations themselves should lead off to the slopes of the valleys or into the streams. (Author) Trans. of Avtomobilnykh Dorogakh Transport (USSR) v7 p23-28 1966.