ANALYSIS OF TRACKED-VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS USING A FRICTIONAL CONTACT PROBLEM FORMULATION

Authors
CHOI CG KWAK BM
Citation
Cg. Choi et Bm. Kwak, ANALYSIS OF TRACKED-VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS USING A FRICTIONAL CONTACT PROBLEM FORMULATION, Mechanics of structures and machines, 21(1), 1993, pp. 123-149
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Mechanics of structures and machines → ACNP
ISSN journal
08905452
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
123 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-5452(1993)21:1<123:AOTSSU>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A new procedure for analysis of tracked-vehicle suspension systems und er a track length constraint, based on a frictional contact problem fo rmulation, is presented. Impenetrability, inextensibility, unilateral behavior of track, and friction conditions are expressed in complement arity form. The resulting problem is then amenable to efficient numeri cal algorithms, such as the modified simplex method. This approach is demonstrated through numerical applications to a model of a tracked-ve hicle suspension system.