PROBLEMS OF SOIL VEHICLE MECHANICS

Abstract

The objective is to develop the theory of soil vehicle mechanics into a more accurate tool for the design and evaluation of cross country vehicles. Several suggestions for improving the basic soil mechanics are made, including a new sinkage equation and a method for dealing with slip sinkage. The conclusion arrived at is that soil vehicle mechanics theory must be based on the static equilibrium theory for incompressible soils that is used in foundation engineering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0450151

Entities

People

  • Alan R. Reece

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bearing Capacity
  • Bearings
  • Civil Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Friction
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Scientific Theories
  • Shear Tests
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design