Building Foundation Study at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) investigated problems concerning subsurface temperatures, snow accumulation, and potential frost heaving beneath buildings at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Two buildings were selected for a comparative study of their effects upon earth-fill foundation and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paige,Russell A.
Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Structural Engineering and Building Technology
(*FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES)
*PERMAFROST)
(*BUILDINGS
*ANTARCTIC REGIONS)
FROST HEAVE
ICE
SOIL MECHANICS
TEMPERATURE
MCMURDO STATION(ANTARCTICA)
Antarctic
McMurdo Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0750270
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0750270
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Summary:The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) investigated problems concerning subsurface temperatures, snow accumulation, and potential frost heaving beneath buildings at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Two buildings were selected for a comparative study of their effects upon earth-fill foundation and underlying permafrost. One building has an open below space beneath it for air circulation and the other is completely enclosed. (Author)

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