Design of Ice Booms
Typical ice boom arrangement
Ice boom with a navigation opening
Advantages and limitations of ice booms
Design loads
Table 1. Information on successful ice boom designs.
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Schematic showing fractured ice area that contributes to the ice loading on a wide lake ice boom
Table 2. Manning coefficients of roughness of the bottom surface of initial ice covers
Gravity force
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Typical ice boom configurations
Typical ice boom layouts
Geometry of boom and wire rope tension
Definition sketch for ice boom loading and geometry
Choice of wire rope
Anchor types illustrated
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Example of junction plate design
Boom unit design
Ice restraint capacity of a rectangular timber boom
Successful ice boom unit designs
Failure considerations
Design example
Table 4. Monthly average discharges for Allegheny River
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Typical ice boom arrangement
Ice boom with a navigation opening
Advantages and limitations of ice booms
Design loads
Table 1. Information on successful ice boom designs.
Table 1. Continue
Schematic showing fractured ice area that contributes to the ice loading on a wide lake ice boom
Table 2. Manning coefficients of roughness of the bottom surface of initial ice covers
Gravity force
Drag on boom units-continue
Typical ice boom configurations
Typical ice boom layouts
Geometry of boom and wire rope tension
Definition sketch for ice boom loading and geometry
Choice of wire rope
Anchor types illustrated
Anchor types illustrated-continue
Example of junction plate design
Boom unit design
Ice restraint capacity of a rectangular timber boom
Successful ice boom unit designs
Failure considerations
Design example
Table 4. Monthly average discharges for Allegheny River
Design example-continue - CRTD96_010028
Design example-continue - CRTD96_010029
Design example-continue - CRTD96_010030
Design example-continue - CRTD96_010031
Design example-continue - CRTD96_010032
Literature cited - CRTD96_010033
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