User's guide to the VSDC terrain data analysis software (TDAS) / by S. T. Chen and J. Y. Wong.: DR52-4/9-1990E-PDF

To examine the feasibility of using the pressure-sinkage data obtained using a Rammsonde as input to the computer simulation model NTVPM-85, developed by Vehicle Systems Development Corporation (VSDC), for predicting tracked vehicle performance over snow, a series of measurements of the pressure-sinkage relationships of fresh and preconditioned snow was made using a Rammsonde and a bevameter. In addition, the shear strength of the snow was also measured using a bevameter shear device and a hand-held shear device. This report describes the Terrain Data Analysis Software (TDAS) developed by VSDC for processing experimental data obtained using the Rammsonde, the bevameter and the hand-held shear device. The instructions for the operation of the TDAS and for the preparation of input data files are given. Sample output from the TDAS is also presented.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Defence Research Establishment Suffield, issuing body.
Vehicle Systems Development Corporation, issuing body.
Title User's guide to the VSDC terrain data analysis software (TDAS) / by S. T. Chen and J. Y. Wong.
Series title Contract report (DRES) ; 8-91
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Prepared for Head, Vehicle Mobility Section, Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Department of National Defence, Canada [...] under Contract Serial No. W7702-9-R127/01-XSG".
Digitized edition from print [produced by Defence Research and Development Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (page 60).
Publishing information Ottawa : Vehicle Systems Development Corporation ; Ralston, Alberta : Defence Research Establishment Suffield, November 1990.
Author / Contributor Chen, S. T. (Shun Tyan) author.
Description 1 online resource (iv, 62 pages) : charts
Catalogue number
  • DR52-4/9-1990E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number DRES-CR-008-91
Subject terms Shear (Mechanics) -- Data processing.
Snow mechanics -- Data processing.
Mécanique de la neige -- Informatique.
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