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Using the Soft-Soil tire model

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<strong>Using</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Soft</strong>-<strong>Soil</strong> <strong>tire</strong> <strong>model</strong><br />

Elastic-plastic <strong>tire</strong>-soil contact<br />

5<br />

f<br />

d<br />

0<br />

f<br />

<br />

f<br />

0<br />

0,F z 0<br />

(10)<br />

Elastic-plastic <strong>tire</strong>-soil contact<br />

The interaction forces for a rigid wheel<br />

The static sinkage of a rigid object into a soft soil depends on <strong>the</strong> load on that object: Bekker [1]<br />

formulated <strong>the</strong> sinkage h of a flat plate with width b as follows:<br />

p(<br />

h )<br />

( k<br />

c<br />

/ b k<br />

<br />

) h<br />

n<br />

(11)<br />

k<br />

k<br />

in which c and are <strong>the</strong> cohesive and frictional moduli respectively, n <strong>the</strong> sinkage exponent. The<br />

static stress p is in equilibrium with <strong>the</strong> vertical force Fz.<br />

Figure 4<br />

Pressure distribution under a flat plate

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