Abstract
Rubber track systems have already proved their benefits compared with steel tracks, particularly in terms of weight, vibration, noise, damage to road surface and the ability to be used on-road. Therefore, rubber tracks can be applied to not only agricultural and construction machinery but also the running gears of off-road vehicles at high speed. However, the rolling resistance of rubber track systems is still considerably larger than that of rubber tires. It is very important that rubber track systems with low power loss and reduced vibration and noise are developed, but there has been little study on the theoretical and experimental analysis of the running characteristics at higher speeds. In this paper, the effects of various running conditions such an initial tension, track velocity and temperature of the rubber belt on the rolling resistance are described.
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