The paper describes a new special tracked vehicle for use in studying the influence of different vehicle parameters on mobility in soft terrain; particularly muskegg and deep snow. A field test in deep snow was carried out to investigate the influence of nominal ground pressure on tractive performance of the vehicle. The vehicle proved useful for studying vehicle parameters influencing the tractive performance of tracked vehicles. The tests show that the nominal ground pressure has a significant effect on the tractive performance of tracked vehicles in deep snow. The decrease in drawbar pull coefficient when the nominal ground pressure is increased and originates at about the same amount from a decrease of the vehicle thrust coefficient, an increase of the belly drag coefficient and an increase of the track motion resistance coefficient.


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    Title :

    Development of a tracked vehicle to study the influence of vehicle parameters on tractive performance in soft terrain


    Additional title:

    Entwicklung eines Kettenfahrzeugs zur Untersuchung des Einflusses von Fahrzeugparametern auf die Traktionseigenschaften auf weichem Untergrund


    Contributors:
    Bodin, A. (author)

    Published in:

    Journal of Terramechanics ; 36 , 3 ; 167-181


    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    15 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 6 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English