Improved Techniques for Construction of Snow Roads and Airstrips

• Main Authors: Lee, Sung M., Haas, Wilbur M., Wuori, Albert F.
• Other Authors: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIV HOUGHTON
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; *RUNWAYS; *SNOW; RATIOS; TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT; FIELD TESTS; BEARING STRENGTH; GRAIN SIZE; SURFACES; PROFILES; SNOW COVER; CONSTRUCTION; STRENGTH(GENERAL); CALIFORNIA; ROADS; STRATIFICATION; HARDNESS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; MICHIGAN; METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY; STATIONS; MEASUREMENT; AIRSTRIPS; SNOWPACKS; SNOW SURVEYS; Antarctic; McMurdo Station; South Pole; Williams Field; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA200113; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA200113

Rammsonde profile measurements and surface strength (Clegg impact) tests were conducted at selected sites in Antarctica on the snow roadways between McMurdo Station and Williams Field as well as on the aircraft skiway. Rammsonde measurements were also made at several points on the South Pole Station...