1. Ground Vehicle Mobility, Modeling and Simulation at TACOM-TARDEC A Brief History

2. Basic and Applied Mobility Research 1960 - 1974

Land Locomotion Laboratory Mobility SystemsResearch

• TACOM Soil Bins - Bldg 219

• Cross Country Mobility Testing

• • TACOM

• • WES

• Soil and Terrain Characterization

• • Soil Strength

• • Terrain Roughness

• • • RMS

• • • PSDs

• Ride and Shock Quality Research

• • Absorbed Power - 6 Watts

• • Shock Quality -2.5 Gs

Applying Force Feedback Servomechanism Technology

to Mobility Problems

• • Walking Machine

• • Coupled M113s

AMM & AMC 74

3. Analog Computer Room Bldg. 200ca. 1963 4. Analog Computer for Computing Absorbed Power to Quantify Ride Quality - Bldg. 215 RMS1972-1986 5. Ride and Shock Quality Research 1962-1972 6. Astronaut Lunar Rover Driving Training Date Unknown 7. Applying Force Feedback ServomechanismTechnology to Mobility Problems ca. 1966 Articulated Vehicles Walking Machines 8. GE Cybernetic Walking Machine ca. 1966-1970 TACOM1970 Ft. Eustis Transportation Museum2000 9. Artist Conceptual DrawingCoupled M113s 10. Basic and Applied Mobility Research 1974 - 1985

Off Road Mobility and Vehicle Dynamics Research

• Cross Country Mobility Testing

• • Model Validation Studies

• • Articulated Vehicles

• • • Coupled M113s , Cobras and Polecats

• • • BV-206 (SUSV)

• • • UDES XX-20

• Vehicle Dynamics and Controls

• • Adaptive Suspension

• • Advanced Suspension

• • • M60

• • • MICV (BRADLEY)

• • DADS Research Initiated (1976)

• AMC74 evolved into the NRMM (1980)

Armored Combat Vehicle Technology Program

• • Analytical Methods Development

• • Displays and Controls

• • Test Beds

• • • HIMAG

• • • HSTV-L

• • • Hot Rod M113

Numerous Vehicle Applications and Acquisition Support

• NRMM

• DADS

• FEA

11. Conceptual Drawing of Articulation Joint for Coupled M113s 12. Coupled M113s PrototypeKeweenaw Research Center ca. 1973 13. Coupled M113s Field Testing 1973-1982 1980 1973-1974 1973-1974 1973-1974 14. Articulated Vehicles Winter Testing KRC - 1980 Polecats BV-206 Coupled M113s Sally ???? 15. Swedish Articulated Vehicles BV-206 FSTC Foreign Vehicles Exploitation Program UDES XX-20 DEA Articulated Vehicles Collaborative Effort 16. Armored Combat Vehicle Technology Program (ACVT) 1976-1984

Objectives:Determine the effects of High Mobility/Agility on Fire on the Move and Survivability

• HP/Ton Ratio

• Suspension Wheel Travel, Damping, Variable Height and Active

• Serpentine Maneuvers

• Fire Control Algorithms, Kalman Filtering and State estimation Techniques

High Mobility Agility Test Bed (HIMAG)

• 5 or 6 Road wheels

• Hydraulic Suspension - Variable Height and Damping

• • 8 Minimum

• • 16 Maximum

• Variable Weight

• Delco Fire Control System

High Survivability Test Vehicle - Light (HSTV-L)

• MCAAC weapon

• Hydraulic Suspension

• Texas Instruments Fire Control System

Hot rod M113

• Two Chrysler Hemi 440 cu-in Engines

Reconfigurable Crew Station Field Demonstrators

• Displays and Controls

• 2 3 Man vs. 4 Man Crews

Concept Development

• 20 Tons or less and Airdrop

• High Impulse Weapons

• Internally vs. Externally Mounted

17. HIMAG and HSTV-L 1980-1984 18. Hybrid Computer Bldg. 215 1977-1986 19. Cray 2 Supercomputer Bldg. 215 1988 - 1996 20. Structures Integrated Mobility CS/TMBS RMS Shared Data PMBS Dynamics VIPER Environment Shared Tools 21. Simulation Technologies 22. Pintle Motion Base Simulator Reconfigurable N Post Simulator Turret Motion Base Simulator Ride Motion Simulator Ground Vehicle Simulation Facility Vehicle Inertial Properties Evaluation Rig 23. Actual Actual VISUAL DATABASES Munson Actual Churchville Perryman Virtual H-Field Aberdeen Proving Ground Actual Virtual 24. Todays Enabling Technologies

Real-Time Dynamics Modeling

Synthetic Environment Modeling

• Creation of Cultural Features

• Dynamic/Deformable Terrain

• Dynamic Interaction of Players (Friend and Foe)

Motion Systems

Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)

Immersive Interactive Graphics

HPC