A compliant track link model for high-speed, high-mobility tracked vehicles

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1481-1502

  Ryu, H S ^a   Bae, D S ^a   Choi, J H ^b   Shabana, A A ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliant track; Contact forces; Explicit integration; Suspension; Tracked vehicle; Variable time step

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BRAKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TRACKED VEHICLES;

VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0033700772     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0207(20000810)48:10<1481::AID-NME959>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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