Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. HIGH SPEED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
4. The Developn1ent of a Methodology for the Synthesis and Analysis of Transportation 3
5. The New Tokaido Line 21
6. Air Inlet Flow Characteristics For Pneu1natic Tube Vehicle Systems 22
7. French Aerotrain 30
8. Urban Transport by Pneumatic Tube 31
9. VEHICLE :VIOBILITY AND TERRAIN EVALUATION
10. Soil Shear Test Device For Use in Bore Holes 35
11. A Quantitative Method for Evaluating Terrain for Ground Mobility 36
12. Terrain Reconnaissance with Electron1agnetic Sensors 37
13. Mobility of Tracked Vehicles in Soft Soils 38
14. Comparison of Engineering Properties of Selected Ten1perate and Tropical Surface Soils 39
15. Obstacle Performance of Tracklayer Vehicles 40
16. Trafficability Tests with Two Vehicles with Ten-Ton Wheel Loads 61
17. Tropical Soil Study: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 62
18. ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF VEHICLES
19. Vehicle System Analytical Model Determination and Application to Lunar Surface Missions 65
20. Tires of Equivalent Soil Performance 83
21. Application of Rubber Crawler "Ohtsu Mighty Pillar" for Engined Tillers 84
22. What Price Water Speed Improvements of Amphibians? 101
23. Transient Calibration of Vibration Transducers 102
24. A Horsepower Measuring Device 115
25. VEHICLE MECHANICS
26. Systematic Test of Marsh Screw Rotors in Soil 119
27. The Mechanics of An Unsprung Vehicle 120
28. Zur Kinematik des Schrei tschleppers 121
29. Schreitwerke mit dreidimensionaler Schreitplattenbewegung 138
30. A-Review of The State of Knowledge of The Directional Behaviour of Auton1otive Vehicles 172
31. SOIL AND SNOW MEASUREl\IENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION
32. A Technique for Measuring Deformations Within a Sand lT nder Controlled Wheel Loads 183
33. Plate Sinkage Tests 1n Sands and Clays 198
34. The Load Sinkage Equation in Theory and Practice 199
35. The Significance of Disturbance and Thixotropy in Mobility Problems 247
36. Determination of Shear Stress of A Fine Cloddy Soil with A "Guarded" Shear Head 279
37. Measuring Trafficability of Snow 311
38. Measurements of Shearing Stress in Earth Under a Moving Vehicle 323
39. THEORY AND DEFORMATION OF SOILS
40. On the Analysis of Soil Deformation Under a Moving Rigid Wheel 339
41. The Basis of Soil Failure Theory 353
42. The Effect of Tire Tread on The Distribution of Ground Contact Pressure 367
43. Sinkage and Rolling Resistance of Wheels on Loose Sand 377
44. Soil Failure Beneath Rigid Wheels 425
45. Rigid Wheels In Clay 446
46. A Similitude Study of Soil Penetrometers 471
47. SOIL AND VEHICLE BEHAVIOUR
48. The Soft Ground Perforn1ance of A Vehicle when Provided with An Air Pressure Load Relief System 475
49. Description of Wheel Performance on Dry Sand In Terms of Energy Parameters 498
50. The Mechanics of Tractor Operation on Tilled Soils 499
51. Theory of Bulldozer Action in Friable Soil 500
52. Der Einfluss der Vibration auf den Schneidwiderstand von Planierschilden 516
53. Performance of Soil Compaction Machinery 546
54. PERFORMANCE AND PREDICTION
55. On the Theoretical Rolling Resistance Of Wheels of Different Widths Running in Tandem 549
56. Multi-pass Behaviour of A Rigid Wheel 550
57. The Influence of Front Wheel Path Upon the Performance of A Following Wheel 551
58. Dimensional Analysis of An U npowered Pneumatic Tire 562
59. Traction of the Tractor Based on Soil Parameters 563
60. Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der Vihrationsverdichtung von Boden 585
61. Evaluation of Single-Wheel Testing Techniques 613
62. Spectral Techniques of Identification for Vehicle Systems 614