Evaluation of the effects of design features on tracked vehicle mobility using an advanced computer simulation model

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-365

  Wong, J Y ^a,c   Huang, Wei ^b,d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Vehicle Systems Development Corporation   (Canada)

^c International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems   (Canada)

^d Professional Engineers Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design features; Mobility; Tracked vehicles; Tractive performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAILROAD TRACKS; SNOW;

SOFT GROUND MOBILITY; TRACK SYSTEM; TRACK TENSION;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 30344464718     PISSN: 1744232X     EISSN: 17415152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhvs.2005.008304     Document Type: Article

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