EP0451808A1 - Méthode de compactage, en particulier une couche de neige inclinée et dispositif pour sa réalisation - Google Patents

Méthode de compactage, en particulier une couche de neige inclinée et dispositif pour sa réalisation Download PDF

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EP0451808A1
EP0451808A1 EP91105672A EP91105672A EP0451808A1 EP 0451808 A1 EP0451808 A1 EP 0451808A1 EP 91105672 A EP91105672 A EP 91105672A EP 91105672 A EP91105672 A EP 91105672A EP 0451808 A1 EP0451808 A1 EP 0451808A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F7/00—Devices affording protection against snow, sand drifts, side-wind effects, snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks; Anti-dazzle arrangements ; Sight-screens for roads, e.g. to mask accident site
    • E01F7/04—Devices affording protection against snowslides, avalanches or falling rocks, e.g. avalanche preventing structures, galleries
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
    • E01H4/00—Working on surfaces of snow or ice in order to make them suitable for traffic or sporting purposes, e.g. by compacting snow
    • E01H4/02—Working on surfaces of snow or ice in order to make them suitable for traffic or sporting purposes, e.g. by compacting snow for sporting purposes, e.g. preparation of ski trails; Construction of artificial surfacings for snow or ice sports ; Trails specially adapted for on-the-snow vehicles, e.g. devices adapted for ski-trails

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  • the invention relates to a method for solidifying a particularly inclined snow cover and a device for carrying out the method.
  • the snow of a blanket of snow undergoes a transformation process, starting with fresh fresh snow, within which there are a number of different stages, at the end of which there is melting or glacial ice formation.
  • a transformation process depending on the various influences, there are conversion stages that cause different properties of the snow pack.
  • the conversion process is divided into three phases, namely the degrading metamorphosis, during which the snow crystals shrink and the snow cover settles.
  • stages in all three phases in which the bond to the ground or between individual layers of snow is low e.g. B. significantly increases the risk of avalanches.
  • the snow shows high strength at the beginning of the melting metamorphosis, as long as the humidity is low, or also in further stages of the melting metamorphosis, when the water freezes again in the snow with a higher water content. This can be observed, for example, when there is a freeze-thaw change between night and day, when a superficial layer of crust forms.
  • the process of converting snow also depends on the temperature conditions. Each phase is accelerated by higher temperatures.
  • the snowpack becomes warm on the one hand from the ground and on the other hand from the sun, whereby only the outermost layers are significantly influenced, since snow has a very poor thermal conductivity. Middle layers of a blanket of snow therefore change much more slowly.
  • the invention has now set itself the task of developing a method and a device that allow to solidify the snow cover of slopes, particularly at risk of avalanches, by accelerating the conversion process.
  • the process according to the invention forms approximately frustoconical blocks of high-strength snow. For example, if the appropriate distances are selected, these can stabilize the entire snow cover and thus drastically reduce the risk of avalanches.
  • the frustoconical blocks reach an upper diameter, which corresponds approximately to the height of the snow cover, and a lower diameter, which is approximately 50% larger.
  • An application example could provide such heat conduction paths at a distance of between 10 m and 15 m from one another, with firn snow blocks having a base diameter of about 1.5 m to 2 m being formed at a snow height of 1 m to 1.5 m.
  • the process is favored if the heat conduction paths are led into the ground, since this not only means heat from the snow layer near the ground, but also Geothermal energy is introduced directly into the middle layers of snow.
  • the method according to the invention for stabilizing snow on ski slopes which is already present in the final stages of the melting metamorphosis, is also used, for example in the event of warm weather or rising temperatures in spring, as long as there is a corresponding nightly drop in temperature.
  • the cold that has melted down to the ground via the heat conduction paths in the snow cover can freeze during the day, which can maintain or extend the usability of the ski slope.
  • the heat pipes can be fixed in holders to be placed on the floor or anchored in the floor, but they are preferably buried directly into the ground where possible.
  • heat pipes according to the invention are not able due to their small diameter and the lack of cross-connections To form an obstacle to sliding. Heat pipes that can be used for this purpose are known.
  • a plurality of heat pipes are each bundled in a cladding tube which has peripheral openings, so that the heat pipes are protected as much as possible against mechanical external stresses.
  • a further embodiment provides that two heat pipes form upstanding end sections of a heat pipe laid on or in the ground.
  • the upstanding end sections can be arranged at the edge of the ski slope and above the lying section, cold is supplied in particular to the surface of the earth that is too warm and the melted lowermost layer of snow.
  • the slope shown in Fig. 1 has areas of lower and areas of greater inclination.
  • the angle of inclination for avalanches is between approximately 20 ° and 60 °, in particular between 30 ° and 45 °.
  • Heat pipes 2 that form heat conduction paths or that are bundled in cladding tubes 3 penetrate the snow cover 6 and are in particular anchored in the ground 1, for example buried.
  • the heat pipes 2 conduct heat from the ground 1 or the layer of snow near the ground to the middle layer and cold from the air or the top layer of snow into the middle layer and to the ground 1, the extent of the heat or cold transport depending on the general temperature conditions and the Temperature differences between day and night or between the ground and snow cover surface.
  • the heat pipes 2 are arranged more densely in more inclined areas and less inclined areas can be left free.
  • Fig. 2 shows the surrounding area of a cladding tube 3, in which a bundle of heat pipes 2 is arranged, and which is buried in the ground.
  • the heat pipes 2 can extend in a root-like manner on the underside into the surrounding area, and on the not shown upper end of the cladding tube 3, a cover is preferably attached.
  • the supply of heat or cold into the middle layers of the snow cover 6 also accelerates the conversion process of the snow there, so that within a few days a largely converted old or firn snow block 7 of high strength, approximately in the form of a truncated cone, forms in the snow cover , which also forms a good bond with the ground 1.
  • a corresponding distribution of the heat pipes 2 on a slope at risk of avalanche therefore leads to the formation of sliding obstacles which prevent the slope from being discharged.
  • the heat pipes 5 serve to maintain the ski slope 8, which can therefore be used for an extended period of time, since, in the case of general warming, in the spring, for example, it enables the nightly cold to be fed into the water-containing layer of snow, which, like the surface layer, freezes as a result.
  • Heat pipes 5, the end sections of which stand up, can also be provided to maintain or extend the usability of cross-country trails which contain not only inclined but also horizontal sections.

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EP19910105672 1990-04-10 1991-04-10 Méthode de compactage, en particulier une couche de neige inclinée et dispositif pour sa réalisation Expired - Lifetime EP0451808B1 (fr)

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AT84590A AT392992B (de) 1990-04-10 1990-04-10 Verfahren zum verfestigen einer insbesondere geneigten schneedecke und eine einrichtung zur durchfuehrung des verfahrens
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WO1998055698A1 (fr) * 1997-06-02 1998-12-10 Friedolf Mutschler Procede et dispositif pour lutter contre la formation d'avalanches, coulees de neige et analogues
FR2914989A1 (fr) * 2007-04-13 2008-10-17 Johnson Controls Neige Soc Par Installation d'enneigement et logette pour une telle installation.

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FR1056674A (fr) * 1952-05-17 1954-03-01 Caisson de retenue
US4111258A (en) * 1976-05-10 1978-09-05 Exxon Production Research Company Split air convection pile

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FR1056674A (fr) * 1952-05-17 1954-03-01 Caisson de retenue
US4111258A (en) * 1976-05-10 1978-09-05 Exxon Production Research Company Split air convection pile

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1998055698A1 (fr) * 1997-06-02 1998-12-10 Friedolf Mutschler Procede et dispositif pour lutter contre la formation d'avalanches, coulees de neige et analogues
FR2914989A1 (fr) * 2007-04-13 2008-10-17 Johnson Controls Neige Soc Par Installation d'enneigement et logette pour une telle installation.
WO2008145887A3 (fr) * 2007-04-13 2009-02-12 Johnson Controls Neige Installation d'enneigement et logette pour une telle installation

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