Vehicle-Snow Interaction: Modeling, Testing and Validation

• Main Author: Lee, Jonah
• Other Authors: ALASKA UNIV FAIRBANKS DEPT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Surface Transportation and Equipment; *MATHEMATICAL MODELS; *INTERACTIONS; *VEHICLES; *SNOW; SLIDING; PROFILOMETERS; MECHANICS; CHARTS; NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES; MODELS; VALIDATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; TEST AND EVALUATION; ALASKA; TRIBOMETERS; PLOWING; CONTAINS BRIEFING CHARTS ONLY; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA517668; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA517668

Outline of briefing charts: Part I - Back ground, snow mechanics, experimental procedure, tribometer for indentation, plowing, sliding tests; 3d x-ray microtomography for microstructure, numerical modeling procedure, typical results (indentation, plowing, compression, tension, penetration). Part 2 - Vehicle-snow interaction, Alaska Instrumental Vehicle and profilometers, validation of models. The original document contains color images.