Recommended Practice for Combatting Ice Jams

Contents: Field observations of ice jams and data analysis; Artificial weakening of ice; Mechanical destruction of ice; Artificial ice jams and straightening of channels; Using airplanes to prevent and destroy ice jams; Prevention and destruction of ice jams with explosives; Passage of ice through h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sinotin,V. I.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*Ice prevention
Rivers)
Floods
Damage
Control
Icebreakers
Explosives
Chemicals
Dams
Thermal properties
Forecasting
Translations
USSR
Ice jams
Ice breakup
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0769723
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0769723
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Summary:Contents: Field observations of ice jams and data analysis; Artificial weakening of ice; Mechanical destruction of ice; Artificial ice jams and straightening of channels; Using airplanes to prevent and destroy ice jams; Prevention and destruction of ice jams with explosives; Passage of ice through hydraulic structures during construction and use of hydroelectric stations without ice jam formation; Hydraulic and thermal regulation of water bodies and currents to prevent and combat ice jams. Draft trans. of mono. Metodicheskie Ukazaniya po Borbe s Zatorami i Zazhorami l'da, Leningrad, 1970 p1-151.

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