Performance improvement of Arctic tracked vehicles

Abstract

The technical tenders aimed at improving of track-type vehicles performances are considered and substantiated, and that vehicles are the irreplaceable basis of the Arctic transport network. The questions of the improving of reliability and Energy Performance of crawler due to the application of caterpillars with modernized tracks that have a lower mass and provide less resistance to movement of the vehicle are considered. The variants of transmission modernization with the purpose of improving the quality of turn control due to the use of a split-transmission diagram with a steering based on an electric motor and other solutions are proposed. An economically expedient approach to the introduction of a hybrid power plant of a parallel-serial type based on the developed kinematic scheme of a electromechanical split-transmission is proposed. It is shown the main technical proposals can be realize based on domestic units.