%0 Journal Article
%T Dynamics of snow melting on tents during possibly threatening
	precipitation
%A Kimbar, Grzegorz
%J Czasopismo Techniczne
%V 2015
%R 10.4467/2353737XCT.15.148.4185
%N Budownictwo Zeszyt 2-B (12) 2015
%P 433-440
%K snow load, tents, safety
%@ 0011-4561
%D 2015
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/dynamics-of-snow-melting-on-tents-during-possibly-threatening-precipitation
%X 
	Lightweight tent structures are allowed under European codes to be designed for reduced snow load if the interior of a tent is appropriately heated. The dependence of the resultant snow load on snowfall rate is considered in this paper for such cases. A simple thermodynamic model of the heat flux is derived. Numerical simulation reveals the occurrence of a precipitation rate threshold value above which safety measure provided by heating becomes ineffective.