Influence of turning radius on wheeled military vehicle induced rut formation

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Liu, Kun ^a   Ayers, Paul ^a   Howard, Heidi ^b   Anderson, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SPEED; DIFFERENTIAL GPS; FIELD TESTS; HIGH MOBILITIES; LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES; MULTI PURPOSE; RUT DEPTHS; SPIRAL PATTERNS; SPIRAL TRACKS; TURNING RADIUS; VEHICLE MOBILITIES; WHEELED VEHICLES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TURNING;

MILITARY VEHICLES;

EID: 64449084402     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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