Cross-country mobility on various snow conditions for validation of a virtual terrain

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Affleck, Rosa T ^a   Melloh, Rae A ^a   Shoop, Sally A ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRING RANGES; HIGH MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTED VEHICLE; LIGHT VEHICLES; MOBILITY MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATIONS; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRYKER VEHICLE; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; TERRAMECHANICS; U.S. ARMY; VEGETATION TYPE; VEHICLE DESIGN; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; VEHICLE RESPONSE; VERMONT; VIRTUAL TERRAIN; VIRTUAL TESTS; VIRTUAL TRAINING; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; MILITARY VEHICLES; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOILS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TESTING; VEGETATION;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 68149162505     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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