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Welcone to all the new faces at TuksVDG! We were 27 attendees at the recent planning session, with some absentees not accounted for. Exciting times ahead, watch this space...

Megan Pegram presented very interesting results emmanating from her Master's studies

The VDG had a strong presence at the IAVSD conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Some TuksVDG students graduated recently. Congratulations to all of you!

Some of the TuksVDG Honours students of 2017 presented at the Post Graduate Research Seminar. Keep up the good work!

Some evidence that VDG has been busy at Gerotek

TuksVDG attended the Technology and Innovation Conference that focussed on Autonomous Driving in South Africa. The conference was hosted by Gerotek Test Facilities in cooperation with the CSIR, Applus IDIADA and the University of Pretoria

Fun in the sun!

Congratulations to Glenn Guthrie for winning a Best Student Paper award on his excellent paper on “Measurement of Tire Carcass Inside Deformation”.

A three man team from VDG attended and presented papers at 8th Americas regional conference of the International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems (ISTVS). The conference was held from 12 to 14 September 2016 in Troy, Michigan, USA. A total of 7 papers were presented where VDG was the main-author and/or co-authors. These papers where a combination of work completed by VDG and collaborative projects with Dr Sally Shoop and Miss Ariana Sopher form the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) as well as Dr Corina Sandu and Rui He from Virginia Tech.

The new and improved tyre test trailer is rolling! Time to make some tyre smoke! Carl Becker

TuksVDG has been in the news recently. An exciting new experimental setup that keeps TuksVDG at the cutting edge of technology. Good work Kraig Wright and Wietsche Clement William Penny

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/specialised-bushings-used-for-tyre-testing-rig-2016-07-22/rep_id:4136

Specialised bushings used for tyre testing rig Self-lubricating polymer bearings and bushes manufacturer Vesconite Bearings – a division of VescoPlastics – has supplied specialised thermoplastic Vesconite bushings for a tyre test rig at the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Vehicle Dynamics Group (VDG). The test rig, manufactured and assembled as…

Another paper published by TuksVDG. Congrats Hans-Rudolf Bosch!

Parameterisation, validation and implementation of an all-terrain SUV FTire tyre model This paper focuses on the parameterisation, validation and implementation of an FTire model of a Michelin LTX A/T2 235/85R16 tyre. This tyre is designed for both on- and off-road use and is commonly used on all wheel drive SUVs. Quasi-static laboratory and dynamic field tests were conducted to acqui...

TuksVDG's latest paper has been published by the Journal of Terramechanics. Nice work Wietsche Penny!

http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1TC-J57HHWlhY

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Representatives from UP, Esteq and dSPACE working together on TU Ilmenau's hardware. Project EVE is working her collaboration magic!

Some of the TuksVDG students who graduated last week. Congratulations everyone!

A team from TuksVDG is currently working on a project with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire USA. In this project we investigate the possibility of measuring the deformation of a tyre driven over snow covered terrain. Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is used to measure the terrain before, during and after the tyre. Static test in the snow show promising results and initial dynamic tests are looking good. Final test preparation will be concluded this week and next week will consist of the first set of test runs. With temperatures well below freezing not just the instrumentation will be put to the test. Very exciting as this has not been done on snow before. Watch this space….

http://www.tuksvdg.co.za/index.php/2016/01/11/tuksvdg-starts-2016-with-a-bang/

TuksVDG starts 2016 with a bang! TuksVDG commenced its activities by welcoming five new Honours students for 2016. While we had to say goodbye to three Masters' students who are furthering their careers in the industry, the core group of staff and students have remained providing some much needed continuity to the research group. 2…

Some new signage to show off the location of our new offices and laboratories!

TuksVDG had a strong respresentation at the 13th European Regional Conference of the ISTVS, held in Rome, Italy