Engineering and design principles of off-road vehicles and air cushion technology. Topics include: mechanics of vehicle-terrain interaction – terramechanics, performance characteristics of off-road vehicles, steering of tracked vehicles, air cushion systems and their performance, applications of air cushion technology to transportation. Prerequisite(s): MAAE 2101, MAAE 3004 (Dynamics of Machinery) and third-or fourth-year status in Engineering.Lectures three hours a week.
Engineering and design principles of off-road vehicles and air cushion technology. Topics include: mechanics of vehicle-terrain interaction – terramechanics, performance characteristics of off-road vehicles, steering of tracked vehicles, air cushion systems and their performance, applications of air cushion technology to transportation. Prerequisite(s): MAAE 2101, MAAE 3004 (Dynamics of Machinery) and third-or fourth-year status in Engineering.Lectures three hours a week.