Re: Napkin Drawing

[JHByrne]

In a message dated 10/30/2002 8:37:22 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

My idea of bolting culverts together was assuming we'd use less than 100' of
ice.  The thick galvanized culverts attach end to end with a broad steel
band with matching corrugations (or they used to many years ago.) I would
imagine that the "tower of culverts would have to be attached to the side of
a building for the height you want, then filled with material for the test.
I think it would be wise to support the culverts, against a building or a
tower. We should leave a space beneath the bottom culvert to extract the
ICEPICK or construct a "door" or access hole in the side of the bottom
culvert.

Maybe we could work with a corporate sponsor, who has a tall building and a
shaded north side of a building we could assemble our ice tower. Being a
north side would keep it out of the sun light. Maybe a college instructor
with graduate assistants could be coerced into helping. Do we have a College
Professor/Instructor in the group?

Mickey D. Schmidt, Dir.
USAF Academy Planetarium
Center for Educational Multimedia
USAF Academy, CO 80840

You know, Mickey, you may be on to something here.  I do know of a local construction project here in Anchorage that might be willing to participate, with a little prod here or there.  It is an old 14 story apartment building that is being revamped.
Trouble is, again, it's in Anchorage, Alaska, and most of you are down in the lower 48, or like Hibai, way out in Spain.

But, the concept remains the same:  find a friendly construction site, and persuade the contractor into allowing a series of corrugated tubes to be temporarily bolted to the side of the building.  Ideally, perhaps one or more of these tube sections could be made of clear plastic, or have a window cut into it, both for access, and observation.

Alternatively, perhaps a steep hillside slope would work?

-- John Harlow Byrne