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Terrain Behaviour, Off-Road Vehicle Performance and Design
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Second Edition
By
J.Y. Wong, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Description
This book will be of great interest to any professional engineer or automotive engineering student working on off-road vehicles. Reflecting
the increase in off-road vehicle production and development-recreational, agricultural, construction, military-this book equips readers
with all of the necessary knowledge to successfully design and model off-road vehicle systems, and provides a comprehensive introduction
to terramechanics, the mechanics of vehicle/terrain interaction.
Audience
Professional automotive engineers in the off-road sector; students of automotive engineering, agricultural and mechanical engineering;
mechanical and civil engineers studying terramechanics; vehicle dynamic specialists
Contents
Prefaces
Conversion Factors
Nomenclature
1. Introduction
2. Modelling of Terrain Behaviour
3. Measurement of Terrain Properties
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Characterization of the Response of Terrains to Normal and Repetitive Loadings
5. Characterization of the Shearing Behaviour of Terrains
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Performance of Off-Road Vehicles
7. Methods for Evaluating Tracked Vehicle Performance
8. Computer-Aided Method NTVPM for Evaluating
the Performance of Vehicles with Flexible Tracks
9. Applications of the Computer-Aided Method NTVPM to Parametric Analysis
of Vehicles with Flexible Tracks
10. Computer-Aided Method RTVPM for Evaluating the Performance of Vehicles with Long-pitch Link
Tracks
11. Methods for Evaluating Wheeled Vehicle Performance
12. Computer-Aided Method NWVPM for Evaluating the
Performance of Tyres and Wheeled Vehicles
References
Index
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Hardbound, 488 pages, publication date: OCT-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8561-0
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8561-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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