10 4
10 3
10 2
2
4
6
8
10
20
40
60
80
Density . Arc Length . Width (kg /m)
Figure 4. Vehicle motion resistance in shallow snow.
z
ρo
h
ρf
Figure 5. Prediction of vehicle sinkage in shallow
snow.
300
3
g /m
6M
0.5
200
=
ρf
100
0
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
h z max (m)
Figure 6. Vehicle sinkage analysis. (From Richmond et al. 1990.)
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