Engineering Design Study for the Adaptation, Assembly, and Installation of a Regenerative Mechanical Differential Steer Unit for Tracked Amphibious Vehicle

Abstract

An engineering design study was conducted for the adaptation, assembly and installation of Gleasman Steer Drive (GSD-10) system for the U.S. Marine Corps AAV-7A1 tracked amphibious vehicle. The GSD-10 is an innovative solution to the problem of tracked vehicle steering and is composed primarily of commercially available, off-the-shelf components. Analyses included the collection of relevant commercial drive train component data, steering control system study, weight and balance estimates, and a performance analysis of the proposed system. The final design demonstrates that commercially available components can satisfactorily be employed in the adaptation of the GSD-10 to the AAV-7A1, but the desire to minimize system weight resulted in the integration of the primary and secondary differentials into one housing. Keywords: Tracked vehicles; Transmission; Gleasman Steer Drive; Amphibious vehicles steer drive; Differential; Regenerative steering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 27, 1987
Accession Number
ADA204910

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  • Colin K. Drummond
  • Mark S. Rice
  • Paul Bode

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Acquisition
  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Disk Brakes
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Marine Corps
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Standards
  • Tracked Vehicles

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