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Proceedings: 8th Asia-Pacific. Conf. - Fairbanks, USA, 2006

Keynote Papers

Development of High-Mobility Tracked Vehicles for over Snow Operations
Jo Y.Wong

Dirty, Fast Cars: How a Greater Understanding of High-Speed, Loose Surface Vehicles and Driver Dynamics Can Make the World a Better Place
Tim O´Neil

Terrain Modeling
David J. Gorsich

The USA ERDC´s Research on the Micromechanical Behavior of Snow and Soil and Ist A to Terrain-Machine Interactions
Jerome B. Johnson

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Session 1: High-Fidelity Ground Platform and Terrain Mechanics Programs

High-Fidelity Ground Platform and Terrain Mechanics Modeling for Military Applications Involving Vehicle Dynamics and Mobility Analysis
Alexander A. Reid, Sally Shoop, Randy Jones and Patrick Nunez

A Vehicle Terrain Interface
Randolph A. Jones, George B. McKinley, Paul W. Richmond, et. al.

Verification and Validation of a Winter Driving Simulator
Michael Parker, Sally Shoop, Barry Coutermarsh, et. al.

Cross-Country Mobility on Various Snow Conditions for Validation of a Virtual Terrain
Rosa T. Affleck, Rae A. Melloh and Sally A. Shoop

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Session 2: Snow

Tire Slip-Angle Force Measurements on Winter Surfaces
Barry A. Coutermarsh and Sally A. Shoop

Snow Rolling Resistance of Wheeled Vehicles
J.H. Lever and S.A. Shoop

Characterization of Snow Cover for Vehicle Mobility Using Ground Penetrating Radar - Experiments and Modeling
Jonah Lee and Wei Wang

Development of Tire-on-Stochastic Snow Models Using a Polynomial Chaos Approach
Lin Li, Corina Sandu, Jonah Lee and Qing Liu

Session 3: Modeling and Simulations

Semi - Analytical Semi Numerical Track Soil Model
Mustafa Alsaleh

Simulation Model of Rotary Tillage for Designing Rotary Blade - Deformation and Stress Analysis of Rotary Blade
Ayaka Sato, Takashi Kataoka, Hiroshi Okamoto and Shun-ichi Hata

Parameter Estimation Method Using an Extended Kalman Filter
Emmanuel Blanchard, Adrian Sandu and Corina Sandu

A Holistic Simulation Approach to Assess Off-Road Mobility Performance
Guido Korlath

A Multi-Body Model of an Agricultural Tractor for Driving Dynamics Analysis
Bojan Ferhadbegovic, Stefan Böttinger and Heinz-Dieter Kutzbach

Modeling and Validation of Hitch Loading Effects on Tractor Yaw Dynamics
David Bevly, Paul Pearson and Randy Raper

Co-simulation Environment for Vehicle-Powertrain-Tire On/Off Road Analysis
Ilinca Stanciulescu, Makarand Datar and Dan Negrut

Some Improvements on Soil-Tire Interaction Analysis by FE-DEM
Hiroshi Nakashima and Yuzuru Takatsu

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Session 4: Soil Mechanics and Unique Applications of Terramechanics

The Direct Assessment of Virgin Compression Line Parameters to Enable the Prediction of Soil Density Change Resulting from Agricultural Tires
Dirk Ansorge and Richard J. Godwin

Optical Measurement of Soil Penetration Resistance and Automatic Determination of Rating Cone Index
Sergey Sandomirsky, Alan Anderson, Gajendra Savant and Michael Naumov

Numerical Analysis for Cone Penetration of Mesoscopic Soil Model
Hiroshi Nakashima, Takayuki Konishi and Yusuke Toki

Some Experimental Observations on Cone Penetration of Mesoscopic Soil Model
Hiroshi Nakashima, Yusuke Toki and Takayuki Konishi

Pseudo-Dynamic Vehicle-Terrain Interaction Tests: A Feasibility Study
Hidenori Murakami, Junya Yamakawa and Keiji Watanabe

Study on Agitation Torque of Excavated Soils and Additives in the Soil-Recycling Machine
Hiroshi Takahashi and Yasuo Mori

Single Wheel Test to Elucidate the Mechanism of Vehicles Driving with Cyclic Steering on Dry Sand
Junya Yamakawa, E. Natsagdorj, Keiji Watanabe and Hidenori Murakami

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Session 5: Terrain Impacts

Dynamic Interaction of Soil and a Steel Roller for Landmine Neutralization
Jude Liu and Radhey Lal Kushwaha

Vegetation Recovery Rates after Military Training
Heidi R. Howard, Paul D. Ayers and Katie J. Simmons

Influence of Turning Radius on Military Vehicle Induced Rut Formation
Kun Liu, Paul Ayers, Heidi Howard and Alan Anderson

Assessing Vehicle Impacts at Multiple Scales on US Army Installations, Example Using Fort Riley, Kansas
Alan B. Anderson, Paul D. Ayers, Guangxing Wang, et. al.

Modeling Military Vehicle Terrain Impacts
Paul Ayers, Matt Rice, Qinghe Li, et. al.

Desert Terrain Characterization of Landforms and Surface Cover within Vehicle Test Courses at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, USA
Steven N. Bacon, Eric V. McDonald, Sophie E. Baker, Todd G. Caldwell, et. al.

Modeling Desert Pavement Deterioration due to Heavy Vehicle Traffic
Markus Berli, Todd G. Caldwell, Eric V. McDonald and Daniel A. Gilewitch

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Session 6: Terrain Roughness and Ride

The Development and Validation of a Terrain Severity Measurement System
Nicholas Dembski, Ahmed Soliman, Giorgio Rizzoni, et. al.

Development of a 3-D Vehicle-Terrain Measurement System Part I: Equipment Setup
Joshua V. Kern and John B. Ferris

Development of a 3-D Vehicle-Terrain Measurement System Part II: Signal Processing and Validation
Shannon M. Wagner, Joshua V. Kern, Wescott B. Israel and John B. Ferris

Methods of Simulation of Terrain Profiles
T. C. Sun, Milton Chaika, David Gorsich, et. al.

Modeling of Moguls on an Endurance Test Course
Mark J. Brudnak, David D. Gunter and Wesley Bylsma

Comparison of In-Cylinder Pressure Measurement Based Engine Torque Data for a GTL Synthetic Diesel and Conventional Diesel Fuel
Chuen-Sen Lin

Instrumenting an All-Terrain Vehicle for Off-Road Mobility Analysis
Kyle D. Wesson, Michael W. Parker, Sally A. Shoop, et. al.

Ride Comfort of Agricultural Tractors - Objective Measurements and Subjective Evaluation
Jürgen Haberland, Stefan Böttinger and Christian Brinkmann

Determination of Rolling Resistance Components
Péter Kiss and Lajos Laib

Design and Development of Valve Train System for Terrain Vehicle Engine Using GT-SUITE Software
A.K.M. Mohiuddin, Ataur Rahman and Asral Fikri

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Session 7: Robotics and Planetary Terramechanics

Estimation of Net Traction for Differential-Steered Wheeled Robots
Laura Ray, Devin Brande and James H. Lever

Concept of Light Autonomous Machines for Dual Use
Dinko Mikulic, Vladimir Koroman, Davorin Ambrus and Vjekoslav Majetic

Collision Detection of Moving Polygonal Mobile Robots
Cheng-fu Chen

Design and Mobility Evaluation of a Tracked Lunar Vehicle
Sachiko Wakabayashi, Hitoshi SATO and Shin-Ichiro NISHIDA

Study on a Vane-telescopic Walking Wheel for Lunar Rover
Chen Baichao, Wang Rongben, Jin Lisheng, et. al.

Development of a Simple Shear Test Apparatus with Low Confining Pressure for a Regolith Simulant
Kazuyoshi Tateyama

Numerical Analysis of Sand Flow under Low Gravity Condition
Hiroshi Nakashima, Yasuyuki Shioji, Taizo Kobayashi and Shigeru Aoki

Research the Interaction between the Rigid Wheel and the Lunar Soil by DEM
Li Jianqiao, Zou Meng, Jia Yang, et. al.

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Addional

The Sustainability and Performance of Vehicle Dust Courses for Desert Military Testing
Todd G. Caldwell, Eric V. McDonald, Steven N. Bacon and Graham Stullenbarger

Modeling and Simulation of In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Forces of Pneumatic Tires on Fresh Snow Based on Finite Element Methods
Jonah Lee and Qing Liu

Utilizing Biomimetic Image Processing to Detect the Road Edge of Off-road Terrain
Nancy Truong and William Agassounon

The Effect of Relative Sinkage on Rolling Resistance for the Off-Road Vehicle
H. M. El-Zomor, S. M. Shaaban, M. A. El-Nashar and I. M. Ibrahim

Changes in Soil Pore Continuity Indices under Different Controlled Deformation Types
M.R. Mosaddeghi, M.A. Hajabbasi and A. Hemmat

Gas Transport Characteristics as Influenced by Concurrent Loading and Drying/Wetting Processes in Soils with Weak Structure
M.R. Mosaddeghi, A. Hemmat and M.A. Hajabbasi

Dynamic Control Research of Dual-motor Driven Electric Tracked Vehicle
Zou Yuan, Zhang Cheng-ning and Wu Jing-bo

Relationship between Soil Pre-compaction Stress and Shear Strength
A. Hemmat, M. Tahmasebi, M. Vafaeian and M.R. Mosaddeghi

Engine Misfire Diagnosis Based on Frequency Domain and Fuzzy Logic;
Zhenchun Xia, Guozhong Wang, Kazuo Kido and Hiroki Yamaura

An Investigation into the Rollover Conditions of a Light Off-Road Vehicle with Consideration of Soil-Tire Interaction;
Mohammad M. Davari, Hojat Noori, Mohammad Khodabakhshian, et. al.

Determination of Snow Stress State Under Vehicle Loads;

Development of a Single Wheel Soilbin Testbed for Studying Wheel-Terrain Interaction
Dang Zhaolong, Shen Zhenrong and Jia Yang

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