Accession Number:

AD0489876

Title:

THE DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF HYDROLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.

Descriptive Note:

Contract rept.,

Corporate Author:

VANDERBILT UNIV NASHVILLE TN DEPT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Krenkel, Peter A.
• Hoadley, Peter G.
• Carpenter, John A.

Report Date:

1964-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

96.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to develop a descriptive system for the analysis of water bodies as related to their effects on the mobility of personnel and vehicles engage in military activities. Toward this end, the following objectives were established 1 The collection of data to indicate typical cross-section shape of rivers and streams throughout Tennessee 2 The development of an accurate, universally applicable descriptive system for the analysis and classification of these data and 3 The establishment through literature survey of those factors in the environment which bear a causative relationship to bank slope at the land, water, and air interface.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• TENNESSEE
• RIVERS
• HYDROLOGY
• AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES
• MOBILITY
• TRAFFICABILITY
• TERRAIN
• RAINFALL
• PLANTS(BOTANY)
• VELOCITY
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• MEASUREMENT
• INLAND WATERWAYS
• MAPS
• GRAPHICS
• CURVE FITTING
• SITE SELECTION
• CLASSIFICATION
• STATE OF THE ART
• REPORTS

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Surface Effect Vehicles and Amphibious Vehicles
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE