Minutes, abstracts, and discussions of the symposiumLand Locomotion Research Laboratory, Detroit Arsenal, 1955 - Automobiles |
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30 minutes 50 passes Abstract aircraft analysis answer appears applied mechanics approach Arctic automotive engineering Castle Stevens Chestertown Colonel Bekker concept cone index cont contact area conventional track Corps of Engineers Detroit Arsenal dimensional analysis discussed effect environment equipment evaluation factors field flotation Foster ground grousers industry inflation pressure landing gear link track M. G. Bekker methods military mobility index mobility problem motion resistance Nuttall Office of Ordnance Oliver Corporation Operations Research Ordnance Corps Ordnance Research paper penetrometer physical power plant present professional Professor Vincent question REPLY TO M. G. rolling resistance Sattinger scale-model shear sinkage slope Soil Mechanics soil strength soil trafficability solution spaced-link track speed Stevens Institute stressed subgrade Symposium terrain geometry theoretical torque tracked vehicles traction tractive effort Transportation Corps triaxial shear test vehicle design vehicle mobility vehicle performance vehicles tested visco-elastic Waterways Experiment Station Wiegel
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Page xvii - ... without which, individual happiness within the family, community pride and accomplishment, state unity of purpose, national good will, and international cooperation may not be attained. Thus the contributions of the physician and of medical science to future human welfare cannot well be over-estimated. The first need in America today is a new generation of trained men and women, who can do those things which have never been done before — men and women who are intellectually capable, morally...
Page xii - I have accepted it vjith the humble resolution to do my best and also with hesitation for fear that I may fail to perform this task in a satisfactory manner. A summary of the...
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Page xvi - Blessed are they who go around in circles for they shall be known as wheels" — is the self-admonishment pointedly hung over the executive conference table of a Seattle lumber company.