Analysis of Off-road Performance for a Tracked Vehicle

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

MohamadReza Elhami ¹

1 - Associate Prof, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Emam Hossain University, [e-mail]

Received: 2016-01-06 Accepted : 2016-04-20 Published : 2016-12-24

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