FROST INVESTIGATION 1945-1946. REPORT ON WATERTOWN AIRFIELD, WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA FARGO MUNICIPAL AIRFIELD, FARGO NORTH DAKOTA AND GREAT BEND AIRFIELD, GREAT BEND, KANSAS.

This report presents the results of the frost investigations conducted at Watertown Airfield, Fargo Municipal Airfield, and Great Bend Airfield during the period November 1945 through May 1946. The investigations included the measurement of pavement heaving caused by frost action, the observation of...

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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
SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA
KANSAS
WINTER
FROST PENETRATION
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0712355
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0712355
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Summary:This report presents the results of the frost investigations conducted at Watertown Airfield, Fargo Municipal Airfield, and Great Bend Airfield during the period November 1945 through May 1946. The investigations included the measurement of pavement heaving caused by frost action, the observation of subsurface temperatures, frost penetration and ground water table. The investigations include both flexible and rigid type pavements. Prepared in cooperation with Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb. Missouri River Div. Also includes Appendix 9. Aee also AD-712 357.

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