APPENDIX B: UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH DATA FOR ALL SAMPLES TESTED
Calculated compressive strength of compacted snow samples
Storage
Compressive
Sample
Density
Storage
time
strength
Sample
temp (C)
(kg/m3)
Date
no.
(days)
(MPa)
mean
Sample SD
3-Feb
96
860
10
1
4.40
96b
1
11.03
96c
1
10.81
96d
1
9.05
3-Feb
99
860
10
1
10.12
99b
1
7.68
99c
1
10.32
99d
1
9.97
9.17
2.20
3-Feb
95
860
15
1
11.95
95b
1
7.29
95c
1
10.87
95d
1
11.99
3-Feb
101
860
15
1
9.63
101b
1
13.08
101c
1
9.02
101d
1
9.90
10.47
1.88
3-Feb
91
840
25
1
13.04
91b
1
9.22
91c
1
13.65
91d
1
12.14
3-Feb
94
860
25
1
13.32
94b
1
8.00
94c
1
11.91
94d
1
11.34
11.58
2.01
2-Feb
78
870
10
5
11.38
78b
5
10.74
78c
5
10.09
78d
5
11.16
2-Feb
81
870
10
5
10.10
81b
5
9.18
81c
5
5.24
81d
5
8.11
9.50
2.02
2-Feb
74
880
15
5
9.55
74b
5
8.20
74c
5
12.86
74d
5
11.49
2-Feb
83
880
15
5
8.54
83b
5
5.24
83c
5
13.11
83d
5
11.41
10.05
2.68
2-Feb
70
860
25
5
13.29
70b
5
12.47
70c
5
11.13
70d
5
13.41
2-Feb
82
880
25
5
12.38
82b
5
11.52
82c
5
12.75
82d
5
12.14
12.39
0.79
30-Jan
45
820
10
10
7.11
45b
10
11.03
45c
10
10.50
45d
10
9.78
30-Jan
51
830
10
10
10.31
51b
10
10.88
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