Component Testing for Modular Pier Replacement at McMurdo Station, Antarctica: Inflatable Pontoons, Gelbo Flex and Full-Scale Cold Storage/Fold Tests

The National Science Foundation is constantly striving to improve the efficiency and reliability of its support functions for the United States Antarctic Program. The annual ship offload at McMurdo Station is currently dependent on an unreliable ice pier; and a lightweight, rapidly deployable floati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Weale, Jason C, Knuth, Margaret A
Other Authors: ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
*PIERS
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
COLD STORAGE
FABRICS
FIELD TESTS
LOGISTICS SUPPORT
LOW TEMPERATURE
PONTOONS
ANTARCTIC PONTOON PIERS
COLD GELBO FLEX TESTS
EPOLAR
EXTREME-COLD FABRIC TESTS
LMCS COLD TESTS
MCMURDO PIER
MODULAR PIERS
USAP
Antarctic
McMurdo Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
United States Antarctic Program
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA608701
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA608701

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