Two lighthouses damaged by ice
Other conference contribution, 1972
Two cases of damage to lighthouses in the Balic are reported. The maximum ice pressure is estimated from the mode of failure of the lighthouses. The calculations give a horizontal load of 1.1 to 1.7 MN per metre width of structure.
Author
Lars Bergdahl
Department of Hydraulics
Symposium on Ice and Its Action on Hydraulic Structures, IAHR, 1972, Leningrad
234-238
Areas of Advance
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Subject Categories
Civil Engineering
Infrastructure Engineering