FM 5-530 Chapter 1 Materials Testing Overview FUNDAMENTALS The military engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining transportation facilities, housing and special structures, sanitary facilities, and military defenses. Transportation facilities include roads, railways, airports and landing strips, pipelines, and har- bor structures. These structures and facilities all are built on and sometimes use the local soil. To design these, the engineer must know the type and characteristics of the soil at the site. For ex- ample, in designing a road or airfield, the engineer must determine whether the soil can withstand the loads to be transported, including vehicle weights, or whether soil stabilization or paving will be needed.
DesignationFM 5-530
EditionAug 1987
StatusSuperseded
Pages416
FunctionEngineering
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)