Dynamics of Wheel–Soil Systems: A Soil Stress and Deformation-Based Approach (Ground Vehicle Engineering)

Why is knowledge of soil stress and deformation state important for off-road locomotion? How do you measure soil stress and deformation under wheel loads? What are the actual values of stresses and deformation in soil or snow under a passing wheel? Providing answers to these questions and more, Dynamics of Wheel Soil Systems: A Soil Stress and Deformation-Based Approach is a practical reference for anyone who works with experiment design and data analysis of soil stress and deformation measurements under vehicle load.

Based on the author s 15 years of experience in field experimentation on wheel soil dynamics, the book describes methods and devices for soil stress and deformation measurements and presents numerical data from full-scale field experiments. These methods offer practical solutions to methodological problems that may arise during the design and preparation of field experiments.

• Provides technical information on measuring, modeling, and optimizing off-road vehicle traction including a novel method for describing off-road traction
• Provides rare experimental data on soil stress and deformation under a variety of wheeled and tracked vehicles
• Supplies solutions for designing, building, and using soil or snow pressure transducers and sensors
• Compiles original experimental data on soil degradation due to agricultural machinery traffic and soil compaction
• Explains how to create dynamic models of wheel soil systems based on experimental data

A valuable reference on an important area of terramechanics, this book shows how to analyze and model wheel soil interactions to create more effective designs for a range of vehicle types.