Determining the Effectiveness of a Navigable Ice Boom.

• Main Author: Perham,Roscoe E
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *ICE; *BOOMS(EQUIPMENT); CONTROL; THICKNESS; SHIPS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPENING(PROCESS); WINTER; NAVIGATION; MODEL TESTS; RELEASE; LEADING EDGES; COVERINGS; RIVERS; CHANNELS(WATERWAYS); HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; DOWNSTREAM FLOW; MICHIGAN; Saint Marys River(Michigan); St. Marys River; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA162926; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA162926

The performance of a navigable ice boom was studied by monitoring the progression of the leading edge of the unconsolidated ice cover over a reach of the St. Marys River directly downstream of the boom. Ice and hydraulic data were obtained for four winters from 1975-76 through 1978-79 for the St. Ma...