Tunnel Ventilation and Heat Control in Undersnow Camps-Byrd Station, Antarctica.

• Main Author: Hoffman,C. R.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Air Condition; Heating; Lighting & Ventilating; Structural Engineering and Building Technology; (*UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; VENTILATION); (*CONSTRUCTION; *POLAR REGIONS); DEFORMATION; VENTILATION DUCTS; HEAT SINKS; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EFFICIENCY; BYRD STATION; *UNDERSNOW CAMPS; Antarctic; South Pole; Byrd; Byrd Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0757675; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0757675

Antarctic stations located in tunnels beneath the snow surface, such as the South Pole Station and the recently closed Byrd Station, are of limited useful life because of snow deformation in the tunnel walls and roof. This deformation accelerates as snow temperature increases, which makes the contro...