Accession Number:

AD0781991

Title:

Measuring Soil Properties in Vehicle Mobility Research. Report 6. Resistance of Coarse-Grained Soils to High-Speed Penetration

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS

Personal Author(s):

• Turnage, Gerald W.

Report Date:

1974-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

103.0

Abstract:

The purpose of the study reported herein was to describe quantitatively The resistance of air-dry sand to vertical penetration by a variety of sizes and shapes of cones and flat plates over a range of penetration velocities the influence of moisture content on the resistance of sand to low- speed vertical penetrations by the standard WES cone and, the resistance imparted to cones and flat blades tested horizontally over a range of speeds in air-dry sand.

Descriptors:

• *SOIL MECHANICS
• *TRAFFICABILITY
• VELOCITY
• DENSITY
• PROBES
• MOBILITY
• PENETRATION
• MOISTURE
• VEHICLES
• LOADS(FORCES)
• TEST METHODS
• TEST EQUIPMENT
• SAND

Subject Categories:

• Soil Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE