This paper provides a brief review of the state-of-the-art of tracked vehicle dynamics, including mobility over soft terrain, ride dynamics over rough surfaces and manoeuvrability. It is found that considerable progress has been made in the development of analytical frameworks for evaluating and predicting tracked vehicle mobility over soft terrain, taking into account the characteristics of terrain response to normal and shear loading. Certain computer simulation models for tracked vehicle mobility have been gaining increasingly wide acceptance by industry and governmental agencies in product development and in procureement. It is also found that most of the research on tracked vehicle ride dynamics and manoevrability is confined to operations on rigid surfaces. To achieve a realistic evaluation and prediction of the dynamic behaviour of tracked vehicles in the field, the key is to have a better understanding of terrain response to dynamic vehicular loading, including dynamic stiffness and damping. Challenges that face vehicle dynamicists in this emerging field are identified.
Dynamics of tracked vehicles
Vehicle System Dynamics ; 28 , 2-3 ; 197-219
1997
23 Seiten, 22 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 24 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 1997
|Online Contents | 1997
|British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
|Automotive engineering | 1997
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