NDLI: Comparative Studies in Traction Concepts

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	James, L. Mathieson Thompson, Matthew Satterfield, Heather Satterfield, Zachary Kraus, Elisabeth Joshua, D. Summers
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The interaction between tires and soft soils is a complex process that has not yet been fully understood. Attempts to create analytical models which realistically simulate these interactions have proven to be exceedingly time consuming for each tire model and have achieved only limited success. Thus, the exploration and evaluation of traction concepts by analytical means is impractical. This paper posits that significantly more reliable, rapid, and cost effective development is achieved through the prototyping and experimental evaluation of traction concepts. Here, three traction prototypes are developed and evaluated by undergraduate teams in the course of an academic semester. These concepts explore the performance of grousers, inverted geometry (dimples), and cellular materials respectively using a wheel endurance and soft-soil traction testing system at Clemson University. Each concept is tested at different acceleration rates from 0–10km/h and at different loads while measuring the slip between the tire and soil surfaces. The results of experimental evaluation indicate that cellular materials present a unique slip profile which is superior to that of the two other purely geometric concepts studied. The worst performance was seen on the inverse geometry concept which presented a behavior of steadily increasing slip with respect to wheel velocity regardless of acceleration. Grousers also presented this behavior but only at higher accelerations. This suggests that not only that prototyping is preferable, but that traditional soft-soil traction approaches may be in error.
Sponsorship	Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
Starting Page	829
Ending Page	838
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791854853
DOI	10.1115/DETC2011-47480
Volume Number	Volume 8: 11th International Power Transmission and Gearing Conference; 13th International Conference on Advanced Vehicle and Tire Technologies
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Language	English
Publisher Date	2011-08-28
Publisher Place	Washington, DC, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Traction Tires Prototyping
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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