Accession Number:

AD0835392

Title:

Mobility Environmental Research Study. A Quantitative Method for Describing Terrain for Ground Mobility. Volume 1. Summary

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS

Personal Author(s):

• Shamburger, John H.
• Grabau, Warren E.

Report Date:

1968-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

67.0

Abstract:

Knowledge of exact terrain conditions and vehicle characteristics is a prerequisite for predicting vehicle performance across terrain. The development at the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station of an analytical model for predicting the cross-country speed of ground-contact military vehicles resulted in the isolation of those terrain factors that significantly affect the locomotion of ground-contact vehicles. Those factors are encompassed in four factor families--surface composition, surface geometry, vegetation, and hydrologic geometry. Since a condition of this study was to establish the effects of terrain on vehicle locomotion in Southeast Asia, six areas in Thailand were selected for detailed study. Data summaries are included as appendixes to the appropriate volumes. Air-photo interpretation techniques used to identify air-photo patterns of terrain features are presented in Volume VI. The method used to synthesize the factor-family maps into factor-complex maps for mobility purposes is presented in Volume VII. Map sets for each of the four factor families for the six study areas are presented in Volume VIII.

Descriptors:

• *TERRAIN
• *VEHICLES
• AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
• GEOMETRY
• HYDROLOGY
• MAPPING
• MAPS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• MOBILITY
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• PLANTS(BOTANY)
• SOILS
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• THAILAND
• VELOCITY

Subject Categories:

• Surface Transportation and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE