APPLICATION OF QUANTIFIED TERRAIN DATA TO VEHICLE DESIGN CRITERIA

Abstract

In order to develop terrain design criteria applicable to increasing off-road capability, it is essential that the microgeometry of the world's landforms be investigated quantitatively, that the data be reduced to frequency curves or similar tabulations, and that comparative analyses be made between these data and present critical vehicle performance characteristics. Inasmuch as a single agency could not catalog all of the world's terrain in the required detail in a reasonable period of time due to normal personnel and funding limitations, it is essential that the task be divided among several agencies. The first step in setting up a cooperative program would be to select representative sample landforms in each major region for detailed study. Investigations of a single landform, alluvial fans, in a single region demonstrate that terrain design criteria can be developed from these data, especially when these data are quantified and their frequencies of occurrence are determined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1966
Accession Number
AD0634659

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People

  • Robert L. Anstey

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Capacity
  • California
  • Clearances
  • Design Criteria
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Landforms
  • Low Angles
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Military Vehicles
  • Terrain
  • United States
  • Vehicle Design
  • Vehicles

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