Traffic Performance of Crawler from Viewpoint of Energy Analysis

In studies concerned with soil crawler interaction, it is known that there exist interdependent relationship between soil and crawler. This paper deals with a method of basic energy analysis for crawler motion on the ground. Six types of motion resistances acting on the running gear of a crawler are considered and the relationship between the driving force, drawbar pull and motion resistances are investigated. The conservation of energies between the input energy, drawbar pull energy, compaction resistance energy, bulldozing resistance energy, two slip energies and track rotation resistance energy are analysed for unit travelling and unit time.