Effects of Ice Boom Geometry on Ice Capture Efficiency.

• Main Author: Gooch, Gordon
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE FORMATION; *MODEL TESTS; *RIVERS; *STREAMS; *FLOOD CONTROL; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; LABORATORY TESTS; PRODUCTION; MODELS; COMPARISON; EFFICIENCY; COLD REGIONS; SOLIDS; DEPOSITS; PARTICLES; WINTER; ENGINEERING; ICE; RETENTION(GENERAL); GEOMETRY; COVERINGS; FLOODING; PLASTICS; FLOATING BODIES; BEADS; SPRING SEASON; *ICE BOOMS; *ICE COVER; *ICE CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; FRAZIL; ICE JAMS; Midwinter; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA318968; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA318968

An ice boom's geometry is critical to the collectlon and retention of ice in small, fast-moving streams and rivers. Ice booms are designed to quickly form a solid ice cover much earlier than the ice cover would form naturally. Once formed, the ice cover insulates the river, eliminating the prod...