Trafficability of Snow, Greenland Studies, 1955 and 1957

Abstract

Self-propelled, towing, and towed tests were conducted with several wheeled and tracked military vehicles on a variety of fine-grained and wet coarse-grained snow conditions. The 1955 tests were conducted at various sites on or adjacent to a 220-mile-long, marked trail leading from the edge out onto the ice cap; the 1957 tests were all run at mile 30 on this route. Objectives of the study were to correlate vehicle performance with snow-property measurements, select an instrument that will measure snow trafficability and also meet military specifications, and distinguish snow conditions that permit a vehicle to travel from those that do not. Vehicle performance was correlated with ten methods of measuring snow strength and two physical snow properties; cone index provided the best correlation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0756111

Entities

People

  • A. A. Rula

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Age Hardening
  • Crystal Structure
  • Data Analysis
  • Glaciers
  • Indicating Instruments
  • Internal Friction
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Mechanics
  • Military Vehicles
  • Sled Tests
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Test Vehicles
  • Tracked Vehicles

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies