St. Marys River Ice Booms - Design Force Estimate and Field Measurements

• Main Author: Perham,Roscoe E
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *NAVIGATION; *RIVERS; *ICE PREVENTION; DISTRIBUTION; LOADS(FORCES); PIPES; WINTER; BARRIERS; FORCE(MECHANICS); BOOMS(EQUIPMENT); INLAND WATERWAYS; MECHANICAL CABLES; *Ice booms; St Marys River(Michigan and Ontario); St. Marys River; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA037902; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA037902

A set of two ice booms with a 250-ft (76-m)-wide navigation opening between them was designed to stabilize the ice cover in the harbor at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Ontario, and to reduce the ice losses associated with winter navigation of ships on the St. Marys River. The forces from natural ef...