This technical digest provides basic engineering design guidance for floating ice retention structures or ice booms. Basic types of booms and their ice control objectives are described briefly. The basic theory and equations used in ice boom design are then presented and typical structural components described. The report addresses other design considerations, such as boom - layout, geometry, and anchor systems, as well as the selection of wire rope and ...
Frazil ice jams on rivers cause problems that range from slowing commercial river traffic to widespread flooding. One of the accepted techniques of controlling frazil ice jams has been to retain the frazil ice in a location where it will not harm the environment using dams or weirs. In the interest of developing an inexpensive ice control structure, a series of laboratory and field test were conducted using different wire ...
The city of Salmon, Idaho, has been affected by flooding resulting from an ice jam on the Salmon River. This ice jam, known as the Deadwater jam, is composed a frazil ice. Environmental and economic constraints require an innovative approach to the control of the frazil ice in this situation. An Ice Control Structure (ICS) should provide enough control of both production and transport of frazil ice to prevent the ...
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