Review of current ice technology and evaluation of research priorities / prepared by H.G. Acres Limited for Ice and Snow Research Committee.: En36-508/17E-PDF

"Ice is an important factor in the design of engineering structures and in the planning of water resource developments throughout Canada. Recognizing this importance, the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Inland Waters Branch, Ice and Snow Research Committee, has assigned to H. G. Acres Limited the preparation of a review of the current state of ice technology, identification of deficiencies in present knowledge, an assessment of the overall economic impact of ice on a national scale and the ordering of ice research needs and priorities. … This report is intended to assist in achieving the objective of a well-designed research program. In it, various ice problems in Canada are examined, and, where possible, the economic significance of these problems is estimated. From this information an order of priorities of research has been obtained in the form of a set of overall programs of research"--Introduction, pages 1, 2.

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Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Canada. Inland Waters Branch.
Acres Consulting Services‏.
Title Review of current ice technology and evaluation of research priorities / prepared by H.G. Acres Limited for Ice and Snow Research Committee.
Series title Report series ; no. 17
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-299).
Issued also in print format.
Publishing information Ottawa, Canada : Inland Waters Branch, Department of the Environment, 1971.
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Catalogue number
  • En36-508/17E-PDF
Subject terms Ice
Research
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