Forecasting Trafficability of Soils: Report No. 1, Meteorological and Soil Data, Vicksburg, Mississippi 1948-1949
Abstract
This report covers one phase of a comprehensive study to determine the relationship between the trafficability of soils and the mobility of military vehicles. The project was assigned to the Corps of Engineers by the Research and Development Division, General Staff, U.S. Army. The Waterways Experiment Station has been designated the development. The investigation of soils trafficability as related to mobility of military vehicles is divided into three phases as follows: (1) soils classification and trafficability data or the development of methods and instruments for determination of trafficability by ground reconnaissance parties; (2) soils trafficability predictions or the development of methods to correlate soils trafficability with weather data sufficiently accurate to enable military planners to forecast the trafficability of soils in an area without physical tests; and (3) crossing areas of mud, sand, unstable terrain or the development of portable roadways and construction of roadways from local and other materials for crossing very soft areas. The Waterways Experiment Station has been assigned investigation of the first two phases.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1951
- Accession Number
- ADA637561