The system involves reinforcing ice with special fabrics consisting of continuous fibers
During testing, the new method allowed to increase the strength of ice three times, and also changed the nature of the ice fracture. This will reduce the risk of vehicles and vehicles traveling on it.
“The ultimate goal of the research is to obtaina material that better reinforces ice, makes the structure stronger, changes the mechanism of destruction, allows you to determine the reinforcement scheme, that is, the geometry - how foreign elements will be located in the ice and which option will have a more effective distribution. We have towns and villages in the region that are waiting for ice to form in order to communicate with the mainland, and (Arctic developments) can be used there. That is, when creating ice crossings, washing up the ice, making it reinforced, strengthening it is one of the problems that we could solve for the Altai Territory"
Elena Ananyeva, Altai State Technical University
Now scientists are looking for the most effective way to arrange fibers - fabric, tape, braid or single fibers, Ananyeva said.
Earlier scientistsfound outthat the glaciers of the Caucasus decreased by 16% over 30 years. The reason for this was global warming.