Influence of Differential Locking on Tractor Work Rate: Part 2, Simulation of a Two-Wheel-Drive Tractor when Turning

✍ Scribed by F. Duquesne; L. Kermis; R. Verschoore

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 363 KB
• Volume: 64
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8634
• DOI: 10.1006/jaer.1996.0048

✦ Synopsis

In a previous paper , the authors have shown that the distribution of power between two driving wheels , by means of a controlled dif ferential , does not improve the traction ef ficiency to such an extent that the use of this expensive mechanism is justified in two-wheeldrive (2WD) agricultural tractors . This conclusion was drawn from calculations made with a simulation program , where the tractor was assumed to travel in a straight path . To investigate if this conclusion is also valid when turning , a more elaborated simulation program for a two-axle vehicle has been devised . This