Snow Accumulations on Air Cushion Vehicle Track Sections.

Snow accumulations have been observed on a number of different shaped beams that may be employed for guided air cushion train tracks. At low wind velocities the snowfall accumulation was similar on all horizontal surfaces; however at high wind velocities the beams with a plane upper horizontal surfa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ringer,T. R., Price,R. D.
Other Authors: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA OTTAWA (ONTARIO) DIV OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Meteorology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*SNOW
VEHICLE TRACKS)
(*GROUND EFFECT MACHINES
SNOW)
VOLUME
WIND
DENSITY
CANADA
TRAFFICABILITY
AIR CUSHION VEHICLES
SNOWFALL
Canada
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0756576
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0756576
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Summary:Snow accumulations have been observed on a number of different shaped beams that may be employed for guided air cushion train tracks. At low wind velocities the snowfall accumulation was similar on all horizontal surfaces; however at high wind velocities the beams with a plane upper horizontal surface accumulated much lower quantities of snow. The vertical member of the inverted Tee track acts as a 100% density snow fence for snowfall with a crosswind. (Author)

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