Aviation Engineers
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1942
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Description: TM 5-255 Aviation Engineers 1942-12-31
Table of contents: title: AVIATION ENGINEERS; title: Chapter 1. Mission; title: Chapter 2. Organization and duties; title: Chapter 3. Equipment; title: Chapter 4. Scope of training; title: Chapter 5. Airdrome selection and reconnaissance.; title: Chapter 6. Preconstruction planning, lay-out, and; title: Chapter 7. General construction operations; title: Chapter 8. Base courses.; title: Section I. General description and requirements; title: II. Specific requirements and construction methods for bases; title: Chapter 9. Steel runways; title: Chapter 10, Surface courses.; title: Section I, General description and basic operations; title: II. Detailed construction procedures; title: Chapter 11, Airdronnte maintenance; title: Chapter 12. Protective construction; title: Chapter 13. Defense of airdromes; title: Chapter 14. Airdrome camouflage.; title: Section I. General; title: II. Construction and plans; title: III. Discipline before and during construction; title: IV. Materials; title: V. Construction aids and expedients.; title: VI. Concealment of aircraft on the ground; title: Chapter 15. Airborne engineer aviation units — mission, troops, equipment, and training; title: Appendix I. Report of airdrome site reconnaissance.; title: Appendix II. Auxraft characteristics and markings; title: Paragraphs Page; title: Appendix III. Classification and use of soils in airdrome construction.; title: Section I, General 1-3 347; title: II. Soil classification and identification of types 4-9 348; title: III. Use of aerial photographs for soil information 10 353; title: IV. Combined soil types 11-12 354; title: V. Other soil terminology 13-14 355; title: VI. Classification of soils 15-22 357; title: VII. Compaction 23-27 366; title: VIII. Treatment of frost-action soils 28-31 368; title: IX. Soil survey 32-34 369; title: X. Soil profile 35 373; title: XI. Soil testing 36-48 373; title: XII. Testing stabilized mixtures and concrete 49-50 392; title: XIII. Subsurface drainage for pavements. 51-54 397; title: Appendix IV. Tables and information useful in bituminous construction 399; title: Appendix V. Tables and charts useful in estimating construction and laboratory work 410; title: Appendix VI. Bibliography 425; title: Index 427