FROST INVESTIGATION 1945-1946. REPORTS ON PRESQUE ISLE AIRFIELD, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE AND BEDFORD AIRFIELD, BEDFORD, MASS.

The reports present the results of the frost investigation conducted at Presque Isle Airfield, Presque Isle, Maine, and Bedford Mass., Airfield during the period from October 1945 through June 1946. The investigation included four test areas in which observations were made of ground water table, sub...

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Other Authors: ARCTIC CONSTRUCTION AND FROST EFFECTS LAB BOSTON MASS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1946
Subjects:
Terminal Flight Facilities
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*LANDING FIELDS
FREEZING)
(*FREEZING
SOIL MECHANICS)
SOILS
FROST HEAVE
PAVEMENTS
DRAINAGE
WATER
ICE
PERIODIC VARIATIONS
SAMPLING
STATISTICAL DATA
MASSACHUSETTS
MAINE
WINTER
FROST PENETRATION
Bedford
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0712353
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0712353
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Summary:The reports present the results of the frost investigation conducted at Presque Isle Airfield, Presque Isle, Maine, and Bedford Mass., Airfield during the period from October 1945 through June 1946. The investigation included four test areas in which observations were made of ground water table, subsurface temperatures, frost penetration, ice segregation, pavement heave, water content, and density. Plate bearing tests were conducted. The climatic and other general conditions related to the frost investigation at Presque Isle Airfield and Bedford Airfield are included in these reports. See also Appendix 4, AD-712 354.

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