Spacing of icicles

Lasse Makkonen; Yutaka Fujii

doi:10.1016/0165-232X(93)90074-I

Spacing of icicles

Lasse Makkonen, Yutaka Fujii

The Hokkaido Electric Power Co.

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Abstract

A significant portion of ice accreted on structures in freezing precipitation or sea spray is in the form of icicles. Estimation of ice loads is, therefore, accurate only if we know the size and spacing of icicles. In this paper a theory and results of wind tunnel experiments on the spacing of icicles formed at moderate wind speeds are presented. The results show that icicle spacing on elongated horizontal objects oriented perpendicular to the wind direction is 2 cm regardless of the growth conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	317 - 322
Number of pages	6
Journal	Cold Regions Science and Technology
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-232X(93)90074-I
Publication status	Published - 1993
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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