Tropic Testing of Vehicles

Abstract

This report fulfills the need for a document that establishes procedures for conducting mobility subtests in tropic environments. Facilities, instrumentation, test controls and data required are described, in addition to test procedures to be followed for conduct of the following mobility subtests: Soil tests: One-Pass Vehicle Cone Index, Drawbar Pull, Motion Resistance, and Acceleration/Deceleration; Surface Geometry Tests; Slope Negotiation and Discrete Obstacle; and Vegetation Tests; Single-Tree Override, Multiple-Tree Override and Grassland Override. Keywords: Tropic test center; Methodology; Trafficability; Tropic vehicular tests; Motion resistance; Obstacle test.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA169034

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Classification
  • Deceleration
  • Environment
  • Geometry
  • Instrumentation
  • Load Cells
  • Measurement
  • Mobility
  • Moisture Content
  • Negotiations
  • Pull Tests
  • Resistance
  • Soil Classification
  • Soil Tests
  • Surface Properties
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computer Science.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.