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CONTENTS
Part One
Addresses
Opening Remarks
Col. P. N. Gillon, Office of Ordnance Research
Dr. George Glockler, Office of Ordnance Research
Program
Post-Symposium Reflections
Lt. Col. M. G. Bekker, Detroit Arsenal
Summation of the Symposium
Mr. R. J. Jackson, Corps of Engineers
Lt. Col. M. R. Brice, Detroit Arsenal
Banquet Address
Mr. Carl L. Hecker, Oliver Corporation
Closing Remarks
Dr. George Glockler, Chief Scientist,
Office of Ordnance Research
Part Two
Abstracts and Discussions
Summary of Work on Vehicle Mobility in the United Kingdom
Mr. F. L. Uffelmann, The Fighting Vehicle Research
and Development Establishments of the British Ministry
of Supply
A Review of Soil and Snow Trafficability
Mr. C. R. Foster and S. J. Knight, Corps of Engineers
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Transportation Corps in the Field of Mobility
Mr. H. P. Simon, Transportation Corps
A Proposed System of Physical and Geometrical Terrain
Values for the Determination of Vehicle Performance
and Soil Trafficability
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Application of Recent Developments in Visco-Elasticity
and Plasticity to Problems in Soil Mechanics
Professor E. H. Lee, Brown University
Dimensional Analysis and Scale-Model Testing
in Mobility Research
Mr. C. J. Nuttall, Wilson, Nuttall, Raimond Engineers, Inc.
Dr. J. P. Finelli, Stevens Institute of Technology
Methods of Evaluating the Effects of Terrain Geometry
an Vehicle Mobility
Professor I. J. Sattinger, University of Michigan
Development of New Track Concepts by the Ordnance Corps
Col. G. T. Petersen, Detroit Arsenal
A Radical Improvement in the Design of Tracked Vehicles
Mr. J. R. Doyle, Oliver Corporation
The Effects of Power Plants upon Vehicle Mobility
Dr. E. T. Vincent, University of Michigan
Analysis of a Highly Variable Torque Powerplant
for Cross-Country Vehicles
Dr. W. I. E. Kamm, Stevens Institute of Technology
Mobility Evaluation by Means of Field Tests in Soft Terrains
Mr. C. W. Wilson, Wilson, Nuttall, Raimond Engineers, Inc.
The Performance of Tracked and Wheeled Vehicles in Snow
Mr. J. G. Thomson, Canadian Defense Research Board
Mobility Problems of the Navy in the Arctic
Mr. John T. Tucker, U. S. Naval Engineering
A Review of Corps of Engineers - Air Force Studies
on Flotation Landing Gear
Mr. F. M. Mellinger, Corps of Engineers
Mr. J. P. Sale, Corps of Engineers
Mobility Improvement for USAF Aircraft and Missile
Ground Support Equipment
Lt. J. H. Frye, Wright Air Development Center
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Vehicle Design Concepts Most Adaptable to Highway Bridges
Mr. E. L. Erickson, Bureau of Public Roads
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Vehicle Design Concepts Most Adaptable to Highway Pavements
Mr. Fred Burggraf, Highway Research Board
Shore Trafficability as Related to Environment
Mr. R. L. Wiegel, University of California
Dr. Parker D. Trask, University of California
Effect of Geologic and Geographic Factors on Soil Trafficability
Curriculum of Automotive Engineering
Scope of Activities in Land Locomotion Research
from an Automotive Point of View
Lt. Col. L. S. Nelson, Detroit Arsenal
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