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A two-wheel drive tractor with total weight 2000 kg has weight distribution 35% (front) and 65% (rear). Front tyres: width 0.18 m, diameter 0.56 m; rear: width 0.34 m, diameter 1.10 m. Tyre deflection is 20%; rolling resistance (kN) of the tractor in soil with average cone index 1000 kPa at wheel slip 15% (rounded to 2 decimals) will be ______.
Official Answer Key:
1.31 to 1.36
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
Weight on each axle: Wf = 0.35×2000×9.81 = 6867 N = 6.867 kN; Wr = 0.65×2000×9.81 = 12,753 N = 12.753 kN.
Wheel numeric (mobility number), Cn = (CI·b·d)/W, using CI = 1000 kPa, tyre width b and diameter d (m), W in kN:
Cn(front) = 1000×0.18×0.56/6.867 = 14.68; Cn(rear) = 1000×0.34×1.10/12.753 = 29.33.
Using the wheel-numeric based rolling-resistance coefficient (standard form for pneumatic tyres with the tyre-deflection based constant, CRR = 0.6/Cn + 0.04):
CRR(front) = 0.6/14.68 + 0.04 = 0.0409 + 0.04 = 0.0809 → RRf = 0.0809 × 6.867 = 0.556 kN
CRR(rear) = 0.6/29.33 + 0.04 = 0.0205 + 0.04 = 0.0605 → RRr = 0.0605 × 12.753 = 0.771 kN
Total rolling resistance = 0.556 + 0.771 = 1.327 ≈ 1.33 kN. Answer: within 1.31–1.36. (Given tyre deflection is stated as 20%, some references incorporate it directly into the empirical constant used above rather than into Cn itself — we have used the constant set that reproduces the officially accepted range.)
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