NEW GENERATION OF TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLIES

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Abstract:

The project was a feasibility study to evaluate, singly and in combination, new design concepts for wheel and tire assemblies. Some of these were combined to delineate a type of tire and wheel assembly which should be outstanding in life, and minimal in vulnerability and maintenance. The new assembly will weigh no more than its present counterpart, and with further development may be reduced by as much as 30. On a unit-for-unit basis the new assemblies at present would cost more than the present ones, but on a cost- benefit basis, and with large quantity production, they are expected to be cheaper.

Author(s):
Thelen, Edmund ; Hollinger, Richard H. ; Dunfee, James B. ; Tarpley Iii, William B.
Author Organization(s):
FRANKLIN INST RESEARCH LABS PHILADELPHIA PA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. on Phase 1
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/AD0702243
Pagination:
0069

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
F-C2511, TACOM-TR-10753
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DAAE07-69-C-2601
Monitor Series:
TR-10753, TACOM
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_8.2.4_Leverage Capacities and Capabilities of Security Establishments; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_4.6_Engineering
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*TIRES, *ROADWHEELS, MAINTENANCE, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COMPOSITE MATERIALS, VULNERABILITY, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, WEIGHT, MOLDINGS, REINFORCED PLASTICS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Surface Transportation and Equipment
Report Date:
1969 Dec 01