Design and performance of the Inuvik, N.W.T., airstrip

• Main Author: Johnston, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: Roads/Pavement; Voiries urbaines/chaussées; permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol (terre); airfields; aérodrome; frozen soils; sol gelé; surface temperature; température superficielle; characteristic performance; performance caractéristique; cold regions; zone froide; construction on permafrost; northern Canada; ground temperature measurement; Ice; Inuvik
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The Inuvik airfield was constructed between 1956 and 1958 on a site underlain by frozen fine-grained soils containing considerable quantities of ice. Its design and performance were therefore of considerable concern. The airfield consists of an embankment of rock fill constructed on the undisturbed...