Multibody model and simulation of the tracked vehicles

As tracked vehicles have become more sophisticated and hence expensive, vehicle designers are turning more to computer simulation techniques in an effort to evaluate the ride comfort and safety, to obtain optimal design parameters, and to predict and quantify the effects of proposed change in the vehicle parameters. A multibody models including the chassis, suspension and track of the tracked vehicles are put forward. The simulation results of this model are compared with two different barriers by multibody software. The results indicates this model is reasonable.