8th European Conference Umea

8th European Conference

Umea, Sweden, 2000
ISBN 978-1-942112-24-2, €40

Track 1. Soil-Wheel-tire Interaction

  1. “Bevameter - Development of a Device to Charaterize the Charateristics of Soft Soil”, by Anders Bodin (paper, presentation)
  2. “The Effect of Non-smooth Characteristics on Bionic Bulldozer Blades in Resistance Reduction against Soil”, by Luquan Ren, Zhiwu Han, Jianqiao Li, and Jin Tong (paper, presentation)
  3. “Superficial Soils - An Attempt to Model breaching”, by M. Grima, A. Delalance, F. Sidoroff, B. Cambou, M. Jean, C. Bohatier, and P. Gotteland (paper, presentation)
  4. “Numerical Simulations of Interaction between a Tool and Granular Soils”, by Cécile Nougier (paper, presentation)
  5. “Simulation of Soil Loosening at Subsurface Tillage using a Vibrating type Subsoiler by means of the Distinct Element Method”, by Hiroaki Tanaka, Koji Inooku, Yuji Nagasaki, Masahiro Miyazaki, Osamu Sumikawa, and Akira Oida (paper, presentation)
  6. “Numerical Modelling of Soil Ploughing for Military Breaching”, by Nicolas Renon, Pierre Montmitonnet, and Patrick Laborde (paper, presentation)
  7. “Constitutive Modelling of Superficial Soils”, by Philippe Kolmayer and Bernard Cambou (paper, presentation)
  8. “Effect of Snow Properties on the Mobility of a Towed Wheel”, by Jari Ala-Ilomäki (paper, presentation)
  9. “Tractors and Running Systems as Factors Influencing Soil Compaction: A Review in Hydromorphic Black Soil”, by Mico V. Oljaca and L. N. Ruzicic (paper, presentation)
  10. “Comparison between Vibrating and Jumping Compaction Effect of a Tracked vehicle for a High Lifted Decomposed Granite Soil”, by T. Muro and D. T. Tran (paper, presentation)
  11. “The Changes of the Marsh Soil Shear Stress and Moment of Torque due to Tractor Wheel Slippage”, by Mico V. Oljaca, LN. Ruzicic, D. Raicevic, R. Radojevic, and J. Denic (paper, presentation)
  12. “Simulation to Analyze the Interaction between Soil and a Tire Lug by Distinct Element Method”, by Taku Ibuki and Akira Oida (paper, presentation)
  13. “The Lateral Force Generation of Agricultural Tyres”, by V. Schlotter and H. D. Kutzbach (paper, presentation)

Track 2. Vehicle Design

  1. “Analysis of Traffickable Combinations of Uphill Slopes and Obstacle Heights”, by Thomas Nordfjell(paper, presentation)
  2. “Thermo-mechano-electrically powered and Mechatronically controlled Loopwheeled and/or Tracked Intelligent Snowmobiles for Noiseless Hazardous -Duty Long Antartic Oversnow Traverses”, by Bogdan Thaddeus Fijalkowski (paper, presentation)
  3. “An Upgraded Off-road Track Model for Multibody Simulation”, by Dror Rubinstein (paper, presentation)
  4. “Turning Characteristics of Articulated Tracked Vehicles”, by Keiji Watanabe, J. Yamakwa, T. Inagaki, and M. Kitano(paper, presentation)
  5. “Three-phase Suspension for Vehicles”, by Lajos Laib and János Váradi (paper, presentation)
  6. “Influence of Track Length on Turning Characteristics of Tracked Vehicles Running with Different Steering Ratios”, by D. T. Tran and T. Muro (paper, presentation)
  7. “The Prediction of Linkage Forces between a Wheeled Tractor and a Mounted Implement in Transport”, by Alex Keen (paper, presentation)
  8. “Wheel - Obstacle Interaction Models for Off-road Vehicles”, by Virginie Harth, M. Fayet, L. Maiffredy, and C. Renou (paper, presentation)

Track 3. Ergonomics

  1. “Noise Annoyance and Performance”, by Kjell Holmberg (paper, presentation)
  2. “Hand-arm Vibration among Snowmobile and Snowgroomer Drivers”, by Bodil Olofsson and Lage Burström (paper, presentation)
  3. “A Review of Whole-body Vibrations in Forest Machines”, by Lisa Tabell (paper, presentation)
  4. “The Influence of the Tyre Characteristics on the Comfort of Forklifts”, by Reinhart Verschoore (paper, presentation)
  5. “Discomfort from Transient Whole Body Vibrations”, by Peter Jönsson and Örjan Johansson (paper, presentation)
  6. “Ergonomic Guidelines for Forest Machines”, by Sten Gellerstedt (paper, presentation)
  7. “Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Drivers of Forestry Machines”, by Börje Rhen, Thor Nilsson, and Ronnie Lundström (paper, presentation)

Track 4. Environment and Machines

  1. “Environmental Friendly Fuels and Lubricants for Off-road Vehicles derived from Vegetable Oils”, by Günter H. Hohl and Alexander Corrieri (paper, presentation)
  2. “Forest Machines in a Life Cycle Perspective”, by Dimitris Athanassiadis (paper, presentation)

Track 5. Transport Control and Simulations

  1. “The Possibilities of Modelling of Track Dozer Traction Performances during Unsteady Movement by means of Mathematic Model”, by Marek M. Poncyliusz (paper, presentation)
  2. “A Spatially based Mobility Performance Model”, by Rosa T. Affleck and Sally A. Shoop (paper, presentation)
  3. “Computer Systems for Heavy Machines”, by Jan Szlagowski & Dariusz Dabrowski (paper, presentation)
  4. “Using GPS for Off-road Vehicle Tracking and Environmental Impacts”, by Paul Ayers, Liv Haugen, and Michael Vance (paper, presentation)
  5. “Steering Control with Real Time Kinematics GPS”, by Albert Stoll and H. D. Kutzbach (paper, presentation)