Estimating Ice Accumulation on Surface Structures.

• Main Author: Schaub, William R., Jr
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER SCOTT AFB IL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Meteorology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE FORMATION; *WIND VELOCITY; *ICE FORECASTING; *ICE FORMATION INDICATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; CLOUDS; DENSITY; THICKNESS; LOADS(FORCES); ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; CLIMATOLOGY; GUST LOADS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA297980; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA297980

This document proposes several methods for estimating ice accretion on surface structures based on estimates of several atmospheric variables. Also provides information on types of structural icing, ice accretion theory, and ice accretion computer modes. (MM)