The Combined Normal and Tangential Loading of Soil.
Abstract
The report deals with the off-road vehicle problem generally identified as slip-sinkage which involves the identification of the sinkage required to provide flotation of a vehicle and that induced by the shearing of soil in order to develop traction. Sinkage is defined as consisting of three components: static sinkage to provide flotation in the absence of shear deformation; equilibrium sinkage to allow the invoking of maximum soil shear strength; and slip sinkage which occurs, within limits, so long as the shear deformation rate is non-zero. The study involved both a theoretical analysis and an experimental program. The theoretical analysis relied heavily on existing analyses of strip loads found in co-called classical soil mechanics. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 07, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0770427
Entities
People
- Ronald A. Liston
Organizations
- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory