Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference (한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.10a
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- Pages.163-166
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- 2003
Design of Composite Track Pin for High Mobility Tracked Vehicles
고기동성 궤도차량용 복합재료 궤도 핀의 설계
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Lee, Dae-Gil
(Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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- Park, Dong-Chang ;
- Lee, Seung-Min ;
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Kim, Hak-Sung
(Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
- Published : 2003.10.01
Abstract
Since the track pin is subjected to large transverse track tension from the track link, conventional track pins for high mobility vehicles are usually made of high strength steel, which increases the weight of tracked vehicles due to the high density of steel. In this paper, several composite materials were employed for track pin design to reduce weight of track pin as well as to enhance the fatigue life of rubber bushings. Especially the effects of shear stiffness of the composites on the life of rubber bushing were investigated.