Wheeled and Tracked Vehicle Endurance Testing

Abstract

This document describes procedures for conducting endurance tests of wheeled and tracked vehicles over various standard test courses for prescribed distances or times. Endurance testing involves extended operation of one or more test vehicles under cycles designed to simulate extended field use under proving ground conditions. The endurance test is the principle means of producing data for reliability and maintainability during development tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 02, 2014
Accession Number
ADA610880

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Maintainability
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Vehicles
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Education

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