Author(s): Hery Rustanto
Linked Author(s): Hery Rustanto
Keywords: Arctic, antarctic, construction, ice pier, McMurdo Station
Abstract: In the Arctic and Antarctic area, there are some places inhabited either as research areas (station centers) or small towns. The areas are covered with ice almost all year around, those places need means of transportation to ensure population access for their needs. Since road transportations in some places are impossible to be developed due to lack of supporting facilities and high construction cost, port will be an alternative measure. To date, there is McMurdo station�the first (and the only) manmade ice pier to assist ship unloading in Antarctic. This study analyzes an improved method on the utilization of ice as material for pier, especially in polar region. The construction method of McMurdo station will be used as a basis of analysis in this study. Then, by adopting the method utilize in ice bridges and ice building, this study suggests an improvement on the strength of ice as a material for a pier. The purpose of this improvement method is to have a reliable, safe, inexpensive, and easy construction process. This study finds that reinforcing ice with pykrete and geogrid, adopting sandwich type of ice composites (multi layers) during constructing process, and the utilization of columnar grain ice, pressurized pipe and dynamic absorber will create stronger structure of ice pier than the one in McMurdo ice pier station. Furthermore, this study suggested steps in the construction of ice pier with improved method
Year: 2017