HEAT TRANSFER TO RIVER ICE COVERS

The importance of the convective transfer of heat to the underside of river ice covers is examined, and the results related to customary means of predicting the rate of thickening of the ice cover. It is shown that even small above-freezing water temperatures (a few hundredths degrees C) have significant effects on the growth rate when associated with typical river flow velocities. The results are applicable both to natural rivers and rivers having an imposed heat influx.

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  • Pagination: p. 125-135

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  • Accession Number: 00057291
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Engineering Index
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Aug 28 1974 12:00AM