Study of the correlation between the performances of lunar vehicle wheels predicted by the Nepean wheeled vehicle performance model and test data

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1755-1770

  Wong, J Y ^a   Asnani, V M ^b  

^a Vehicle Systems Development Corporation   (Canada)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation study; Lunar vehicle wheels; Simulation models; Terrestrial and extraterrestrial vehicles; Tractive performance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; MOON; NASA; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; PNEUMATICS; SPACE FLIGHT; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

CORRELATION STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LUNAR VEHICLE WHEELS; MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL VEHICLES; TRACTIVE PERFORMANCE; WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATIONS;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 57049093893     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO811     Document Type: Article

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