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Dynamics of snow melting on tents during possibly threatening
precipitation

Publication date: 11.12.2015

Technical Transactions, 2015, Budownictwo Zeszyt 2-B (12) 2015, pp. 433-440

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.15.148.4185

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Grzegorz Kimbar
Building Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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Dynamics of snow melting on tents during possibly threatening
precipitation

Abstract

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.

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Information: Technical Transactions, 2015, Budownictwo Zeszyt 2-B (12) 2015, pp. 433-440

Article type: Original article

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Dynamics of snow melting on tents during possibly threatening
precipitation

English:

Dynamics of snow melting on tents during possibly threatening
precipitation

Authors

Building Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Published at: 11.12.2015

Article status: Open

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Grzegorz Kimbar (Author) - 100%

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