SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON AIR CUSHION VEHICLE TRACK SECTIONS

Snow accumulations have been observed on a number of different shaped beams that may be employed for guided air cushion train tracks. At low wind velocities the snowfall accumulation was similar on all horizontal surfaces; however at high wind velocities the beams with a plane upper horizontal surface accumulated much lower quantities of snow. The vertical member of the inverted Tee track acts as a 100 percent density snow fence for snowfall with a crosswind.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Research Council of Canada

  Division of Mechanical Engineering, Montreal Road
  Ottawa, ONo K1A 0R6,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Ringer, T R
  • Price, R D
• Publication Date: 1972-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Snow removal; Tracked air cushion vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046739
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: MD-52 Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 10 1976 12:00AM