Tractive Performance From Axle Instrumentation

The forces associated with the traction of a wheeled farm tractor can be measured in the axles driving the wheels. An instrumentation system was developed to measure the bending forces in an unreduced section of axle. Two four-gage, constant current, semiconductor strain gage bridge circuits were developed to measure the strains associated with the bending forces. The analog strain signals were converted to FM signals on the axle. A multi-channel capacitor with rotating and stationary plates was developed to couple the signals to stationary receiving and processing circuitry.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Snyder, Karl Alan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Buck, Nelson,

• Engineering, Agricultural
• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
• Engineering, Mechanical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908852

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70963