SPACING OF ICICLES

Authors
MAKKONEN L FUJII Y
Citation
L. Makkonen et Y. Fujii, SPACING OF ICICLES, Cold regions science and technology, 21(3), 1993, pp. 317-322
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary",Engineering,"Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Cold regions science and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0165232X
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
317 - 322
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-232X(1993)21:3<317:SOI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A significant portion of ice accreted on structures in freezing precip itation or sea spray is in the form of icicles. Estimation of ice load s is, therefore, accurate only if we know the size and spacing of icic les. In this paper a theory and results of wind tunnel experiments on the spacing of icicles formed at moderate wind speeds are presented. T he results show that icicle spacing on elongated horizontal objects or iented perpendicular to the wind direction is 2 cm regardless of the g rowth conditions.