Novel mobility and steerability enhancing concept of all-electric intelligent articulated tracked vehicles

All-Electric (A-E) Intelligent Articulated Tracked Vehicles (IATV) may be recently developed in order to enhance mobility and steerability performance of conventional articulated tracked vehicles (ATV), for instance, the Swedish Hagglunds Bv206 all-terrain articulated tracked personnel carrier and; the Russian Isbumbai Vityaz cross-country coupled tracked vehicle (CTV). The mobility and steerability dynamics and mechanisms of these vehicles are complicated as well as for the ATV and CVT for predicting the basic steering performance on plane motion. In this paper, the author considers a novel tri-mode hybrid mobility and tri-mode hybrid steerability concept of A-E IATVs with Drive-By-Wire (DBW) All-Wheel-Driven (AWD) tracks. The IATV´s unique Electro-Mechanic (E-M) steering mechanism involves articulation of the front and rear IATV´s hull tracked-units in relation to each other. In order to clarify the turning features, the physical model and mathematical model may be presented The IATV´s power plant is arranged in the first IATV´s hull tracked-unit behind the Human Driver´s (HD) cabin. From the Gas Turbine-Generator/Motor (GT-G/M) that is based on the Fijalkowski Turbine Boosting (FTB) system, or the 2-, 4- or even 5-stroke thermo-dynamic cycle, twin-opposed-piston, crankless Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), called the Fijalkowski Engine-Generator/Motor (FE-G/M) the output electric energy is supplied to DBW AWD tracks´ E-M wheel-hub motors of all the sprocket-, roadand tensioner-wheels of the front and rear IATV´s hull tracked-units.