PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF PNEUMATIC TYERS ON SAND

In this paper the appicability of laboratory test results on the scaled models of pneumatic tyres in the dry sand test bins to predict mobility of vehicles in actual desert conditions in Western Rajasthan has been studied by a field test programme. The tests conducted at two test sites 150 km apart show that the mobility equations derived by laboratory tests could to a fair degree of accuracy predict the trafficability over sand in actual field conditions of varying soil strength. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article is from Proceedings of the International Conference on the Performance of Off-Road Vehicles and Machines (8th). Volume 1. Held at Cambridge, England on August 5-11, 1984, AD-A148 635, p87-96.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems

  Liston, RA, President, c/o CRREL, 72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755
• Authors:
  • Paul, T
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Deserts; Equations; Laboratory tests; Mobility; Performance; Pneumatic equipment; Sand; Strength of materials; Tires; Trafficability
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field performance
• Old TRIS Terms: Pneumatic tire
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394883
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM