An approach to dynamic trafficability mapping as a component of battle menagement system
An approach to dynamic trafficability mapping as a component of battle menagement system

Summary/Abstract: Trafficability remains a key issue for operations in the battlefield. The majority of published works focus on either terrain trafficability or on vehicle mobility over terrain. Vehicle mobility, which focuses on the dynamics of track-wheel-terrain interactions (Shoop 2001, p. 69), predicts either a vehicle’s performance on various terrains (Zheng-Dong, Perkins 1999; Sullivan, Anderson 2003, p. 45) or estimates the consequences of the vehicle’s passage over terrain. Terrain trafficability focuses on the ability of the terrain to sustain the transport of military vehicles (e.g. Field Manual FM 5-430-00-1, 1994; Slocum et al. 2003).

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