EVALUATION OF SOIL STRENGTH OF UNSURFACED FORWARD-AREA AIRFIELDS BY USE OF GROUND VEHICLES

Abstract

The report describes a method for rapidly determining the soil strength at forward-area airfields. Soil strength indications are determined by measuring rut depths created by traffic of standard military ground vehicles. Initially, an office study was conducted that established the potential of such a method. Then limited field verification tests were conducted with four standard military ground vehicles operated on a prepared unsurfaced heavy clay subgrade. First-pass rut depths were measured for each vehicle operated empty and with maximum cross-country loading. The results of this testing indicated the feasibility of predicting soil strength based on one-pass rut depth caused by military ground vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709589

Entities

People

  • George M. Hammitt Ii

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Field Tests
  • Forward Areas
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Landing Fields
  • Measurement
  • Military Aircraft
  • Model Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Vehicles
  • Verification Tests

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.