Collapse Prediction Analysis of South Pole Dome Due to Foundation Settlement

• Main Authors: Shugar, T A, Holland, T J, Shoemaker, N F
• Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Structural Engineering and Building Technology; *DOMES(STRUCTURAL FORMS); *FOUNDATIONS(STRUCTURES); ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BUCKLING; COLLAPSE; COMPUTATIONS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISPLACEMENT; DISTORTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEODESICS; ICE; ISOLATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELS; MOTION; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; PREDICTIONS; RINGS; SHELTERS; STATIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TOPOLOGY; *GEODESIC DOMES; SOUTH POLE STATION; WUDN666380; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic; South Pole; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA193833; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA193833

The base of the geodesic dome sheltering the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is distorting due to movement in the compacted snow foundation. Determination of how much longer the dome can withstand ice field motion is aided by a nonlinear finite element analysis. A description of the base ring diff...