This report describes procedure for evaluating vehicle power available for acceleration, towing, or hill climbing and defines drawbar pull. Also included are procedures for hard-surface, soil, and water tests. Discusses vehicle preparation, instrumentation method of computing results, data reduction and presentation. It establishes curves for comparing performance with similar vehicles and for predicting gradeability. Applicable to wheeled, tracked, and amphibious vehicles. (Author)
Drawbar Pull
1980
11 pages
Report
No indication
English
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