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Tractive performance of LGP-30 wheeled vehicle during straight motion on Sepang peat terrain in Malaysia


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Rahman, Ataur and Yahya, Azmi and Mohiuddin, A.K.M. (2009) Tractive performance of LGP-30 wheeled vehicle during straight motion on Sepang peat terrain in Malaysia. Open Transportation Journal, 3. pp. 15-28. ISSN 1874-4478

Abstract

The tractive performance justification of an off-road vehicle is so important that it ensures the vehicle mobility over the unprepared peat terrain. Tractive performance of Low Ground Pressure (LGP-30) wheeled vehicle is investigated on the low bearing capacity moderate peat terrain in Malaysia. The simulation results showed that the vehicle sinkage ismore than the critical sinkage value of 100 mm , ground contact pressure is more than 17 kN/m2, and rolling motion resistance due to terrain compaction is very often more than the tractive effort of the vehicle. The vehicle was tested on the unprepared moderate peat terrain after increasing the tyre-terrain interface by decreasing the tyre inflation pressure of 5%, 10% and 15% respectively. The vehicle was found to traverse on the terrain smoothly when the tyre inflation pres sure was decreased by 15%.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers Limited
Keywords: Peat terrain; Kinematics model; LGP-30 wheeled vehicle; Tractive performance.
Depositing User: Fatimah Zahrah @ Aishah Amran
Date Deposited: 30 Dec 2013 03:28
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2015 02:01
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17455
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