Accession Number:

AD0744224

Title:

Normal Stresses at the Tire-Soil Interface in Yielding Soils

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS

Personal Author(s):

• Freitag, Dean R.
• Green, A. J.
• Murphy, Jr, N. R.

Report Date:

1964-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

35.0

Abstract:

The U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station at Vicksburg, Mississippi, is conducting systematic studies that will provide information on factors which influence vehicle mobility in deformable soils. The ultimate purpose of these studies is to develop rational means of designing military vehicles that will provide specified levels of performance in off-road conditions. This paper presents the results of a study conducted to determine the magnitude and distribution of the normal stresses at the tire-soil interface.

Descriptors:

• *SOILS
• *TIRES
• MOBILITY
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• INTERFACES
• FLEXURAL STRENGTH
• TRAFFICABILITY
• CLAY
• WHEELS
• DEFORMATION
• TEST METHODS
• SAND

Subject Categories:

• Soil Mechanics
• Surface Transportation and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE