Static and Dynamic Analyze of the an Aluminum Pad used as Portable Roadway

Abstract

Due to geographic and climatic conditions in mountainous northwest area, Roads in these areas are often covered with snow, ice and mud. Hence Transportation of equipment and soldiers encounter hardship and difficulties in rural area and specially outposts. To solve these problems, it is needed to fabricate portable roadway or traction mats. These high strength mats cover surface of roads and are compatible with mentioned conditions. In this Research an Aluminum alloy profile used as a portable pad and loads was analyzed and simulated for a Toyota Hilux with 3 ton weight. In order to selection optimal geometry, relation between stress and geometric parameters such as dimension, profile channel length and forming angle of pad was investigated.Results showed that the optimal profile angel, thickness and channel length is 90°, 4 mm and 3 mm respectively