Hydraulic and Physical Properties Affecting Ice Jams

• Main Author: White, Kathleen D.
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *ICE; *FLOOD CONTROL; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; HYDRAULICS; *ICE JAMS; *RIVER ICE; ICE ACCUMULATION; ICE COHESION; ICE CHARACTERISTICS; ICE ROUGHNESS; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA375289; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA375289

Hydraulic modeling of ice jams can be used to predict jam location, stages, thickness, and other characteristics. Knowledge of the range and variability of hydraulics and physical properties affecting ice jams is necessary to reduce the uncertainty associated with such modeling. This report provides an overview of the processes involved in ice jam hydraulics and discusses properties important in these processes.