Abstract
A semiempirical method may be used to determine the optimal rigidity and damping of the suspension of a caterpillar vehicle with controllable track tension. Simulation of its resonant motion confirms the applicability of the method.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Sergeev, L.V., Teoriya tanka (Theory of the Tank), Moscow: Akad. Bronetankovykh Voisk, 1973.
Poddubnyi, V.I. and Poddubnaya, M.L., Design of mathematical models of mechanical systems using the RecurDyn software, Polzunovskii Vestn., 2015, no. 1, pp. 57–62.
Poddubnyi, V.I., Kryazhev, Yu.A., and Gorin, E.Yu., Design of the 3D model of the dynamic cutting by a face-milling cutter in the RecurDyn software, Aktual’nye Probl. Mashinostr., 2016, no. 3, pp. 88–92.
Korostelev, S.A., Nechaev, K.S., and Bokin, D.P., Influence of the loading modes on the mechanical characteristics of the rubber elements of rubber-metal hinges of a caterpillar unit, Vestn. Altaisk. Gos. Agrar. Univ., 2009, no. 1 (51), pp. 46–52.
Korostelev, S.A., Tselishchev, V.A., and Kashirskii, D.Yu., The characteristics of rubber elements of rubber-metal hinges of a caterpillar unit, Polzunovskii Vestn., 2012, no. 1/1, pp. 146–150.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Original Russian Text © V.I. Poddubnyi, A. Trechtler, A. Warkentin, M. Kruger, 2017, published in Vestnik Mashinostroeniya, 2017, No. 3, pp. 46–50.
About this article
Cite this article
Poddubnyi, V.I., Trechtler, A., Warkentin, A. et al. Innovative suspensions for caterpillar vehicles. Russ. Engin. Res. 37, 485–489 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068798X17060181
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068798X17060181