FROST INVESTIGATION 1944-1945. APPENDIX 3. REPORT ON OTIS FIELD, SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS. APPENDIX 4. REPORT ON HOULTON AIRFIELD, HOULTON, MAINE.

The report presents the results of the frost investigation conducted at Otis Field, Sandwich, Massachusetts and Houlton Airfield, Houlton, Maine during the period from November 1944 through May 1945. The investigation includes test areas in which observations were made of frost penetration, ice segr...

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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)
PAVEMENTS
FROST HEAVE
WATER
ICE
FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)
TRAFFICABILITY
PERIODIC VARIATIONS
SAMPLING
SOILS
TEST METHODS
MAINE
MASSACHUSETTS
CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO
*FROST PENETRATION
Otis
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0712426
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0712426
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Summary:The report presents the results of the frost investigation conducted at Otis Field, Sandwich, Massachusetts and Houlton Airfield, Houlton, Maine during the period from November 1944 through May 1945. The investigation includes test areas in which observations were made of frost penetration, ice segregation, water content, and density. In place C. B. R. tests were made on the subgrade soil. Atterberg limits and mechanical analysis tests were performed on representative samples. The climatic and other general conditions related to the frost investigation also are included in this report. (Author) See also Appendix 2, AD-712 382 and Appendix 5, AD-712 383.

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