Expedient Snow Airstrip Construction Technique.

• 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; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0774290

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)