Applicability of the MMP concept in specifying off-road mobility for wheeled and tracked vehicles

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 63-70

  Hetherington, J G ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE EFFECTS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLE WHEELS;

MEAN MAXIMUM PRESSURE (MMP);

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

EID: 0035313848     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4898(00)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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