Snow Accumulations on Air Cushion Vehicle Track Sections.

• 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

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)