抄録
The traveling performance of off-the-road vehicles, such as construction machinery and exploration rovers, significantly depends on the interaction between the ground and the traveling mechanism, since inelastic ground deformation and frictional sliding phenomena are induced by the vehicle's movement. In this study, the formation of periodic ripples under a rigid wheel was investigated within the framework of finite element (FE) analysis. Especially, it was revealed that ripple formation has an impact on the multi-pass scenario for lightweight small vehicles.
