Abstract
Three-dimensional motion analysis is necessary to describe the complex tire behavior on soft ground due to the deformation of the tire and the landform of the soft ground such as the ground heaving in the vicinity of the tire side edge. We developed the three-dimensional interactive model for the performance of the tire on soft ground that were composed of the distributed lumped mass-spring model as the tire, Discrete Element (DE) model as soft ground. In the present study, we have extended the previous model by dividing the soft ground into the upper and the lower soft ground, and by adding the lug to the tire with considering the contact geometry with soft ground. Numerical simulations of the tire behavior on soft ground have been carried out under several conditions using the proposed model. The numerical results showed that the three-dimensional motion analysis of the tire behavior on soft ground could be conducted, and that the proposed model could be validated through comparison with previous experimental results on the tractive performance of the tire on soft ground.
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