We are pleased to invite you to participate to the EAEC-MVT 2022, the 17th European Automotive Congress, organized by EAEC (European Automobile Engineers Cooperation) and SIAR (Society of Automotive Engineers of Romania) together with UPT (Politehnica University Timișoara), which will be held in Timișoara, Romania, on 26-28 October 2022.
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Harbin Institute of Technology | May 9th, 2022
VIEW RECORDING | In this ISTVS Student Research Seminar, we welcome five graduate student researchers connected to the organizing committee of this year’s 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the ISTVS to talk about their research. Topics include: granular dynamics, intelligent control of wheeled mobile robots, the design of metal flexible wheels for the pressurized lunar rover, terrain classification, terrain mechanical properties sensing, terramechanical mapping, navigation for planetary rovers, wheel soil interaction model, soil bin test, the coupling simulation of FEM and DEM, robot manipulation, including imitation learning, convex optimization, multi-objective optimization, combination of learning with control, the unified contact parameters definition to describe the multi-modal robot-terrain interaction, and motion uncertainty calculations for hybrid robot path planning.
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Carl Becker | Parameterisation of Tyres with Large Lugs | May 20, 2022
Carl Becker, Ph.D., Vehicle Dynamics Group, University of Pretoria. Carl Becker’s work looks at the importance of using artificial terrain in a laboratory environment that is representative of in-field terrains to characterize tyres and the effect of tyre wear. The presentation will cover the doctoral work Carl did to investigate changes in tyre characteristics with tyre wear, terrain interaction, and terrain characteristics of large lug tyres.
Read MoreUpcoming opportunities to get involved with FISITA
We are pleased to share information on two upcoming FISITA events from Sarah Nagle, FISITA Society Member Manager. If you decide to attend, a small portion of your registration fee will return to support ISTVS! // FISITA Technology Discussion March 2022, AI and Hybridisation Techniques, 17 Mar 2022, Online, 11:00 Detroit, 15:00 London, 20:30 Mumbai // EuroBrake 2022, International braking technology community & event, 17 May 2022 to 19 May 2022, Online Sessions
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Theunis Botha | Camera-based measurements in terramechanics and off-road tyre research | March 16, 2022
Theunis Botha, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Vehicle Dynamics Group, University of Pretoria. The presentation will present camera-based measurement techniques developed at the University of Pretoria’s Vehicle Dynamics Group. The methods allow useful measurements to be obtained for vehicle research with the presentation focused on off-road terrain and vehicles.
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Peter Kiss & Nihal Salman | Research results and laboratory at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences | March 09, 2022
Dr. Peter Kiss, Professor of Biosystems Engineering, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science. Dr. Peter Kiss and Ph.D. candidate Nihal Salman discuss a state-of-the-art on load-bearing capacity of soil as a homogeneous finite half-space and ongoing research in terramechanics and land locomotion.
Read MorePaul Ayers | Development of a physics-based dynamic visco-elastic vehicle-soil interaction | Feb 19, 2022
Dr. Paul Ayers, ISTVS Fellow, Biosystems Engineering Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee. The Next Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM) provides an opportunity for the utilization of physics-based Vehicle Terrain Interaction models. This presentation provides the framework for possible vehicle-soil interaction components to assist model development. The physics-based components include tire placement, surface loading, stress distribution, time-dependent soil compression (multi-pass), preconsolidation stresses, soil rebound, lateral displacement, slip sinkage, and soil bulldozing.
Read MoreGeorge Mason | Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Modeling Off-Road Mobility | Jan 26, 2022
Dr. George Mason, ISTVS Fellow, Center for Advanced Vehicle Systems, Mississippi State University. A general discussion of the uses of mapping and geographical information systems (GIS) to build an off-road simulation environment. We present the typical input data fields for models such as the NATO Reference Mobility Model (NRMM) and websites that contain information useful in defining the attributes. We discuss some of the temporal and spatial issues and future work in GIS.
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President’s Greetings for 2022
On behalf of the ISTVS, the Board of Directors and myself, thank you for being part of our society! As 2021 ends and 2022 arrives, it is wonderful to greet all our old and new members. Thank you for participating in our online events, for sending your papers to our conference and to our journal, for reading our news, and for spreading the word about ISTVS. This year continued to be a challenging one due to the Covid-19 impact throughout the world. Our society adapted and, thanks to Professor Jozsef Kovecses and Massimo Martelli, in September we held the first online ISTVS conference: The ISTVS 20th International and 9th Americas Conference of the ISTVS.
Read MoreDavid Jelinek | Compilation and Analysis of Test Data to Characterize Wheel Performance in Fine-Grained Soils | Jan 19, 2022
David Jelinek, Undergraduate Researcher, Center for Advanced Vehicle Systems, Mississippi State University. This presentation will overview the expansion of the DROVE dataset (database records for off-road vehicle environments) with fine-grained soil wheel test data. Contributed data originates from field/laboratory tests characterizing the tractive performance of wheels operating in dry sands. The overview extends from measurement acquisition to the digitization process and current applications. Variables measured during each test include the soil’s cone index, vertical load, and the wheel’s dimensions, torque, drawbar pull, motion resistance, sinkage, and slip.
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FISITA World Mobility Summit 2021 | online Wednesday 10 November
Read MoreOn Behalf of FISITA, I am writing to extend one complimentary invitation and an offer for your members to participate in the FISITA World Mobility Summit 2021, taking place online on Wednesday 10 November. The Summit will be delivered virtually, enabling all to gather and consider the very timely and relevant subject of ‘Workplace Evolution’ and explore the real-time and future challenges and opportunities for those involved in delivering the technology of mobility. We are delighted to have an excellent selection of expert speakers delivering a highly relevant mix of knowledge and vision.
FISITA World Congress comp tickets for ISTVS members
Student research seminar — open conversation
The ISTVS has launched a digital event series — informal research seminars organized by post-graduate researchers and presentations by experienced researchers. The events also offer support for authors and the audience on how to get the most out of our conference platform for our 20th International and 9th Americas Conference in September. The events are on Wednesdays at a time that makes it possible for all our international colleagues to attend: Europe/Africa midday — early North America — late East Asia time. Recordings of many of the events will be posted online so register whether or not you’re sure you can attend.
Read MoreCall for Papers | ISTVS session at FISITA World Congress
Call for Papers | Terrain vehicles, a co-sponsored session of ISTVS and FISITA. This session is co-organized between the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems (ISTVS) and FISITA and is inviting papers on all aspects of terrain vehicles, with particular emphasis on: terramechanics, design methodology for terrain vehicles, driveline control for terrain vehicles, AI for terrain vehicle driver assistance and autonomy. Deadline: July 28. FISITA World Congress.
Read More2021 Digital Event Series
The ISTVS welcomes you to a free digital event series — alternating informal student-led research seminars and terramechanics bites by established researchers.
The events are generally on Wednesdays at a time chosen to make it possible for all international colleagues to attend. Links to recordings of the events will be sent so register whether or not you’re sure you can attend.
Use the registration links to sign up. Our event platform is Hopin: you’ll be asked to create an account which you can use for all events in this digital series.
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Read MoreAn informal watch party for the landing of China’s Mars Zhurong rover
Join our rover design professionals ISTVS Vice President Lutz Richter and our Journal of Terramechanics Editor Ramon Gonzalez for a live conversation about the Zhurong rover mission to Mars and to watch for the first news of the Tianwen-1 landing. Free, registration required » https://hopin.com/events/istvs-tianwen1-watchparty
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