Ice Structures for Airfield Construction (eBook)

This book analyzes various properties and structures of ice from the point of view to solve problems in civil aviation. The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, together with large territories of Siberia and the Far East, is a zone, that is insufficiently provided with ground navigation facilities, as well as platforms and airfields for landing aircraft, including in the event of unpredictable situations. However, most of this area, especially in winter, is covered with ice, which can be used to solve this problem. The possibility of using ice sheets for the construction of airfields or the location of ground-based flight support facilities requires careful study and analysis. This book is devoted to the study of the properties and structure of ice, with a view for use in civil aviation to construct ice airfields and the placement of ground-based flight support facilities. 

Anatoly Ivanovich Kozlov is Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honorary Master of Sciences and Engineering of the Russian Federation, Professor in the Department of Technical Operation of Radio-technical Equipment for Air Transport. He is the author of about 300 scientific works, including 21 monographs, 25 textbooks and 13 patents for inventions of a number of radio engineering tools.

Alexander Ivanovich Logvin is a professor, doctor of technical sciences. He graduated from Kiev State University in 1966 with a degree in Radiophysics. He defended his Ph.D. thesis at the Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School in the specialty Location and Navigation. He defended his doctoral thesis in 1987 at the Leningrad Academy of Civil Aviation in the specialties maintenance of air transport and navigation and air traffic management. 

Oksana Gennadyevna Feoktistova is Doctor of technical sciences, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Computing Machines, Complexes, Systems and Networks at the Moscow State Technical University of civil aviation. She graduated from the Moscow Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers in 1988 with a degree in Electronic computing machines. She defended her Ph.D. thesis in 1997 at the Moscow State Technical University of civil aviation. Her research interests are in the areas of flight safety in air traffic control.

Dmitry Alexandrovich Zatuchny is Doctor of technical sciences, Associate Professor and Professor in the Department of Computation Machines, Complexes, Systems and Networks at Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation. He is the author of more than 140 scientific works, including 5 monographs, 6 textbooks, 1 patent on an invention and 6 state registered computer programs. He was responsible for a number of research projects on ensuring the functioning of modern navigation systems in civil aviation aircraft and air traffic control.

Yuri Grigorievich Shatrakov is Doctor of Technical Sciences, Russian Federation Honored Worker of Science, and Professor at the Academy of Technological Sciences of the Russian Federation. He has worked in the field of air navigation since 1963, and his interests focus on ground and on-board systems of radio navigation, instrumental landing, secondary radar, air traffic control systems, and training and simulation systems. He has published more than 400 scientific papers.

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This book analyzes various properties and structures of ice from the point of view to solve problems in civil aviation. The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, together with large territories of Siberia and the Far East, is a zone, that is insufficiently provided with ground navigation facilities, as well as platforms and airfields for landing aircraft, including in the event of unpredictable situations. However, most of this area, especially in winter, is covered with ice, which can be used to solve this problem. The possibility of using ice sheets for the construction of airfields or the location of ground-based flight support facilities requires careful study and analysis. This book is devoted to the study of the properties and structure of ice, with a view for use in civil aviation to construct ice airfields and the placement of ground-based flight support facilities.