Power Delivery Efficiency: A valid measure of belt and tire tractor performance

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 509-518

  Zoz, Frank M ^a   Turner, Reed J ^b   Shell, Lon R ^c  

^a John Deere Product Engineering Center   (United States)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belt; Power delivery efficiency; Tire; Traction; Tractive efficiency; Tractor

Indexed keywords

BELTS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TIRES;

RUBBER BELTS;

TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; TIRE; TRACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION;

EID: 0036590348     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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