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.
Tracked-Vehicle Soft-Soil Mobility
1987
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
Combat Vehicles , Loams , Offroad traffic , Tracked vehicles , Acceleration , Crossings , Efficiency , Locomotion , Maneuverability , Mobility , Mud , Operation , Sand , Snow , Terrain , Trees , Velocity , Test and evaluation , Soft soil , Soft terrain
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