Prediction of impacts of wheeled vehicles on terrain

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Li, Q ^a   Ayers, P D ^a   Anderson, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbed width; GPS; Impact severity; Off road; Turning radius

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISTURBED WIDTH; IMPACT SEVERITY; TURNING RADIUS; WHEELED VEHICLES;

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

EID: 33846829689     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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