Possible Use of Compressed Air in Snow Protection Applications

• Main Author: Markevich,G. S.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SNOW; PROTECTION); (*SNOW REMOVAL; COMPRESSED AIR); WIND TUNNELS; MODEL TESTS; STRUCTURES; USSR; TRANSLATIONS; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0720064; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0720064

Wind tunnel experiments with a model of air snow protection showed that beyond the air barrier -- consisting of successively arranged circular jets -- snow accumulates corresponding to typical snow deposits beyond the lattice protective structures. The action of pneumo-snow protection (air snow protection) and its functionability depend on direction and jet-wind angle of attack. This study is the first stage in developing a new type of snow protection. (Author) Trans. of Institut Inzhenerov Zheleznodorozhnogo Transporta, Novosibirsk. Trudy (USSR) n89 p138-141 1969.