ANALYSIS OF WHEEL PERFORMANCES (AT ZERO SLIP RATE) IN CERECLAY

TWO SERIES OF TESTS WERE CONDUCTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO VALIDATE THE WHEEL PERFORMANCE PREDICTION EQUATIONS DEVELOPED BY EHRLICH AND SELA. THE FIRST SERIES OF TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE SOIL STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF THE PARTICULAR SOIL BEING USED. HERE, NINE PLATES WERE SUNK REPEATEDLY INTO THE SOIL WHILE THEIR DEPTH AND LOAD WERE RECORDED. FROM THIS DATA AND EHRLICH AND SELA'S GENERAL SOIL PRESSURE FUNCTION, THE SOIL PARAMETERS WERE DETERMINED. THESE PARAMETERS USED IN THE WHEEL PERFORMANCE PREDICTION EQUATIONS RESULTED IN CURVES OF PREDICTED WHEEL PERFORMANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SOIL. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DAAE07-69-C-0356
• Corporate Authors:

  Stevens Institute of Technology

  711 Hudson Street
  Hoboken, NJ  United States  07030
• Authors:
  • Bunn, R D
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 134 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Bearing tests; Clay; Earth pressure; Forecasting; Mathematical models; Performance tests; Soil mechanics; Wheel loads; Wheels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Slippage; Wheel load distribution
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219482
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Fin Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM