Digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) is a non-intrusive analysis technique that is very
popular for mapping flows quantitatively. To get accurate results, in particular in complex …

It was thought that the aerodynamics of flapping flight in birds is fully understood for quite
some time, but recent studies have shown that this is not the case. Bird flight uses …

The mechanical behaviour of Eglin sand at the micro-scale was studied in this work.
Laboratory experiments using unconventional apparatuses were carried out in order to …

In this paper, the wheel-soil interaction for a future lunar exploration mission is investigated
by physical model tests and numerical simulations. Firstly, a series of physical model tests …

Particle image velocimetry (PIV), a method based on image cross-correlation, is widely used
for obtaining velocity fields from time-series of images of deforming objects. Rather than …

A simulation study was conducted to evaluate three terramechanics methods for predicting
single wheel performance of small vehicles on granular terrain. Traditional Bekker-type …

Large-scale strike-slip faults are associated with significant strain partitioning in
releasing/restraining bends and often display map-view curvatures ending in horse-tail …

A high-fidelity computational terrain dynamics model plays a crucial role in accurate vehicle
mobility performance prediction under various maneuvering scenarios on deformable …

This paper presents a numerical analysis on steering performance including tractive
parameters and lug effects. To explore the difference between the turning and straight …

This study aims to develop a wheel-soil interaction model for a lightweight wheeled vehicle
by measuring the normal stress distribution beneath the wheel. The main contribution of this …