Traffic Tests of Expedient Airfield Construction Concepts for Possible Application in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA).

• Main Author: Burns,Cecil Dawson
• Other Authors: ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MISS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Structural Engineering and Building Technology; *CONSTRUCTION; *RUNWAYS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS; ALASKA; TEST METHODS; SAND; FREEZING; LANDING FIELDS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; PERMAFROST; LANDING MATS; *Airfield construction; Styrofoam; Psi; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA069581; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA069581

This study was conducted to evaluate several different concepts of runway construction for possible application at the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (NPRA) drilling sites. The runways are to be constructed during the winter months on permafrost and be capable of supporting C-130 aircraft for a p...