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Project OTTER (Overland Train Terrain Evaluation Research), Report 2: Test Report

Description: Report describing the results of a program to test and evaluate the cross-country mobility of the Overland Train (a logistical cargo carrier) in a desert environment. This study used a system for terrain classification developed by the U.S Engineer Waterways Experiment Station as part of the tests made on various courses at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
Date: February 1965
Creator: Shamburger, J. H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engineering Properties of Nuclear Craters, Report 3: Review and Analysis of Available Information on Slopes Excavated in Weak Shales

Description: This report provides information about slope stability problems which will arise if a new canal is excavated through the types of weak shale encountered along the present Panama Canal. It includes a discussion about the general problem and possible approaches, a review of previous experience, and a description of the new study.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Hirschfeld, R. C.; Whitman, Robert V. & Wolfskill, Lyle Anthony
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Characteristics of U.S. Rice Fields and Their Effects on Ground Mobility

Description: "The primary objective of this study was to obtain information on the environmental characteristics of rice fields in the United States and the effect of these characteristics on ground mobility for comparison with similar characteristics of rice fields in Southeast Asia as data from the latter become available" (p. vii).
Date: December 1965
Creator: Kennedy, James Garland & Rush, Edgar S.
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