FROST INVESTIGATION 1944-1945. APPENDIX 2. REPORT ON PRESQUE ISLE AIRFIELD, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE.

• Other Authors: ARCTIC CONSTRUCTION AND FROST EFFECTS LAB BOSTON MASS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1945
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Soil Mechanics; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*LANDING FIELDS; FREEZING); (*FREEZING; SOIL MECHANICS); FROST HEAVE; PAVEMENTS; WATER; ICE; FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES); TRAFFICABILITY; SAMPLING; TEST METHODS; MAINE; *FROST PENETRATION; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0712382; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0712382

The purpose of the investigation was the determination of development of frost action in the soils underlying airfield pavements as affected by various conditions of weather, soils, and ground water. The report presents the results of the frost investigation conducted at Presque Isle Airfield, Presque Isle, Maine during the period from 22 October 1944 through 16 June 1945. (Author) See also AD-712 533, Appendix 1, AD-712 362 and Appendices 3/4, AD-712 426.