Frozen 2018 – Collaborative forum about snow quality

When:22 May. 2018, 10:00 - 18:00

Where:Luleå University of Technology

The annual Conference of Snow and Ice 22 May at Luleå University of Technology

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"Our cold sub-arctic climate gives us an advantage in research about snow and ice"

Sven Knutsson, Professor Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

14:00 22 Mar

Welcome to the opening of the snow igloo!

Between Teknikens hus and the D-House, by the fountain, Luleå

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Igloo building in the middle of the campus

The students on the course snow and ice at Luleå University of Technology are working with building the snow igloo in the middle of the university campus in Luleå. The purpose of the project is to learn how to construct a snow building. The igloo is built using an inflatable igloo tent, which is 6 meters in diameter and 4.5 meters high and which is clad with snow to create a snow igloo. When the snow is frozen, the tent is emptied of air and removed.

Ytstabilisering av väg- terrass för att minska påverkan av frysning

In the media: Surface stabilization of road terrace to reduce the influence of freezing

Fine-grained soils are mostly not suitable as terraces under road or railway banks or other major structures. For clay soils, one of the main causes is their often soft consistency with low deformation modulus, but for silt soils their frost sensitivity