SEA-ICE BEARING STRENGTH IN ANTARCTICA - AIRCRAFT LOAD CURVES FOR MCMURDO ICE RUNWAY.

• Main Author: Dykins,J. E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SEA ICE; RUNWAYS); (*RUNWAYS; CONSTRUCTION); LOADS(FORCES); FLEXURAL STRENGTH; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; THICKNESS; MELTING; AVIATION SAFETY; DEFLECTION; CRACKS; STRESSES; ARCTIC REGIONS; *BEARING STRENGTH; Antarctic; Arctic; Ice Runway; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0694954; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0694954

To update the operating criteria for C-121, C-124, C-130, C-141, and C-5 aircraft in the Antarctic, the bearing capacity of the McMurdo annual sea-ice sheet was analyzed for short-term loading. The load curves developed by elastic theory predict the ice thickness required as related to the changing...