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Performance Characteristics of Off-Road Vehicles

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This chapter focuses on the performance characteristics of off-road vehicles by investigating the terrain-dependent in-plane and out-of-plane rigid ring model parameters at different conditions. The in-plane rigid ring model parameters are the longitudinal tire stiffness, vertical stiffness, and rolling resistance coefficient. The out-of-plane rigid ring model parameters include the lateral stiffness, cornering stiffness, self-aligning moment stiffness, and relaxation length.

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El-Gindy, M., El-Sayegh, Z. (2023). Performance Characteristics of Off-Road Vehicles. In: Road and Off-Road Vehicle Dynamics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36216-3_3

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