Media Storage Type : 32 GB USB Stick
NPTEL Subject Matter Expert : Prof. Hifjur Raheman
NPTEL Co-ordinating Institute : IIT Kharagpur
NPTEL Lecture Count : 40
NPTEL Course Size : 2.8 GB
NPTEL PDF Text Transcription : Available and Included
NPTEL Subtitle Transcription : Available and Included (SRT)
Lecture Titles:
Lecture 1 - Concept of Traction and Traction Devices
Lecture 2 - Classification of wheels, Forces and moments acting on wheel
Lecture 3 - Tyre constructions and its specification
Lecture 4 - Tractive performance parameters
Lecture 5 - Tutorial 1
Lecture 6 - Mechanics of wheel and its tractive performance
Lecture 7 - Measurement of soil strength, cohesion and angle of internal friction
Lecture 8 - Measurement and characterization of terrain response
Lecture 9 - Characterization of shear stress and shear strength in different soil conditions
Lecture 10 - Tutorial 2 - Measurement of shear strength, modulus of sinkage and cone index
Lecture 11 - Rolling resistance of a rigid towed wheel
Lecture 12 - Rolling resistance of a pneumatic wheel
Lecture 13 - Motion resistance of a track
Lecture 14 - Tractive effort and slip of a powered rigid wheel
Lecture 15 - Tutorial 3 - Computation of rolling resistance of rigid wheel and pneumatic wheel
Lecture 16 - Tractive effort and slip of a track
Lecture 17 - Tractive effort and slip of a pneumatic wheel
Lecture 18 - Tractive performance prediction models - Wismer and Luth
Lecture 19 - Tractive performance prediction models - Brixius
Lecture 20 - Tutorial 4 - Tractive Performance Estimation Using Brixius Model
Lecture 21 - Effect of tyre parameters on tractive performance of tyre
Lecture 22 - Selection of tyre
Lecture 23 - Comparison of single tyre with dual tyres
Lecture 24 - Performance evaluation of a walking tractor fitted with track
Lecture 25 - Tutorial 5
Lecture 26 - Measurement of Cone Index
Lecture 27 - Pressure Sinkage Relationship in a Sandy Clay Loam Soil
Lecture 28 - Measurement of Theoretical Velocity, Actual Velocity and Slip for a Pneumatic Wheel
Lecture 29 - Measurement of Contact Area of a Pneumatic Tyre on a Hard Surface
Lecture 30 - Measurement of Tractice Efficiency
Lecture 31 - Performance comparison of track with wheel
Lecture 32 - Traction Aids for Tractors
Lecture 33 - Ballasting of Wheeled Tractors to achieve Maximum Power Output in Frictional-Cohesive soils
Lecture 34 - Optimum ballasting of a front wheel assisted tractor
Lecture 35 - Tutorial 7
Lecture 36 - Cornering Properties of tyres
Lecture 37 - Lateral force developed by an unpowered tractor wheel
Lecture 38 - Steering of wheeled vechiles and steady state handling of front wheel steered vechiles
Lecture 39 - Classification of steady state handling characteristics and handling diagram
Lecture 40 - Tutorial 8