Drawbar Pull

Abstract

This report describes procedure for evaluating vehicle power available for acceleration, towing, or hill climbing and defines drawbar pull. Also included are procedures for hard-surface, soil, and water tests. Discusses vehicle preparation, instrumentation method of computing results, data reduction and presentation. It establishes curves for comparing performance with similar vehicles and for predicting gradeability. Applicable to wheeled, tracked, and amphibious vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 18, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086956

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Data Reduction
  • Dynamometers
  • Fuel Consumption
  • Gears
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Moisture Content
  • Performance Tests
  • Power
  • Propeller Shafts
  • Pull Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Vehicles
  • Torque Converters
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • Vehicles

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