Expedient Snow Airstrip Construction Technique.

Specialized snow runway processing and construction equipment ordinarily is not available to Army engineer troop units. Therefore, utilization of existing equipment and devices improvised in the field is necessary. Disaggregation of the natural snow cover, followed immediately by compaction and grad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clark,E. F., Abele,G., Wuori,A. F.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Terminal Flight Facilities
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*SNOW
*RUNWAYS
*CONSTRUCTION
*PAVEMENTS
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
MILITARY ENGINEERING
COMPACTORS
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
HARDNESS
MILITARY FACILITIES
COMPACTING
C-47 aircraft
*Snow construction
V-2 aircraft
Cold weather
Construction
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0774290
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Summary:Specialized snow runway processing and construction equipment ordinarily is not available to Army engineer troop units. Therefore, utilization of existing equipment and devices improvised in the field is necessary. Disaggregation of the natural snow cover, followed immediately by compaction and grading, is the fundamental procedure required for preparing a snow pavement capable of supporting, after age hardening, wheeled aircraft of the Caribou and C-47 class. A peg-toothed A-frame harrow, a corrugated roller and drags, constructed in the field, can be used with available D-7 or D-8 bulldozers for the disaggregation, compaction, and grading processes. (Author)

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