The strength properties of a Peter miller-processed and -compacted snow runway test strip at McMurdo, Antarctica, and the snow pavement performance during simulated C-130 and C-121 aircraft wheel-load tests are discussed and evaluated. The correlation of shear strength with ram hardness and unconfined compressive strength of high-density snow is discussed and an approximate relationship is developed. Data from actual aircraft and simulated aircraft wheel-load tests on snow pavements are compared with previously developed criteria for snow pavement supporting capacity. (Author)
An Experimental Snow Runway Pavement in Antarctica
1968
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Snow, Ice, & Permafrost , Air Transportation , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Runways , Snow , Pavements , Antarctic regions , Construction materials , Feasibility studies , Compressive properties , Life expectancy , Shear stresses , Model tests , Simulation , Loading(Mechanics) , Hardness , Density , Temperature , Deepfreez 66 operation
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