Ice Construction--Bottom Freezing Techniques for Constructing Shore and Near-Shore Ice Structures.

• Main Author: Culbertson, T. L.
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; Structural Engineering and Building Technology; (*SEA ICE; FREEZING); (*STRUCTURES; SEA ICE); ICE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; THICKNESS; STABILITY; CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER); SEA WATER; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; ALASKA; COASTAL REGIONS; COLD WEATHER CONSTRUCTION; ICE FORMATION; *ICE CONSTRUCTION; POINT BARROW; Balch; Construction Point; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; Point Barrow; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0889704; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0889704

New methods and equipment for thickening and strengthening natural sea ice are needed to advance polar operational capabilities. Of the basic categories of techniques for inducing ice growth (ice injection, cold fluid injection, and recirculating fluid), one recirculation technique-the convection ce...