This document describes testing procedures required to assess comparative soft-soil mobility characteristics of tracked vehicles. Whereas operation over hard surfaces is normally not a mobility problem, off-road operation over soft terrain (such as sand, loam, mud, snow and swamps) usually does create locomotion difficulties of varying degrees. In a comparative sense, test-vehicle performance is quantified for soft-soil crossing capability in order to determine the most efficient track, suspension, and hull designs. Off-road mobility problem created by brush, trees and other obstacles are not covered by this procedure, nor is the interrelationship of maneuverability and mobility addressed. Keywords: Acceleration; Crossing velocity; Drawbar pull; Mobility; Off-road operation; Soft terrain.


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    Title :

    Tracked-Vehicle Soft-Soil Mobility


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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