Citation

Sandu C, Freeman JS. Int. J. Veh. Syst. Model. Test. 2005; 1(1,2,3): 48-67.

Affiliation

Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

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Abstract

Tracked-vehicles have broad areas of application in agriculture, in the construction industry, in the military, and in mobile robotics and space exploration. This study develops a general model of a tracked vehicle using a trailing-arm suspension system, and an independent flexible-band track model. This suspension system is typical for high-speed military tracked vehicles. The suspension systems and the road wheels are modelled in a modular fashion, and can be modified to account for any number of road wheels.