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Title of the article METHODS OF CARTEPILLAR DRIVE VIBRATION MEASUREMENT: MODERN APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES
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TARATORKIN Alexey I., Design Engineer, JSC “Special Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering”, Kurgan, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ABDULOV Sergey V., Ph. D. in Eng., Assoc. Prof., Executive Director – Chief Designer, JSC “Special Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering”, Kurgan, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

TARATORKIN Igor A., D. Sc. in Eng., Prof., Head of the Department of Mechanics of Transportation Vehicles – Chief Researcher, Institute of Engineering Science, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

TARATORKIN Alexander I., D. Sc. in Eng., Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Engineering Science, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
In the section DYNAMICS, DURABILITY OF VEHICLES AND STRUCTURES
Year 2026
Issue 1(74)
Pages 41–48
Type of article RAR
Index UDK 629.1
DOI https://doi.org/10.46864/1995-0470-2026-1-74-41-48
Abstract The article focuses on overcoming the limitations of contact methods for measuring the dynamics of tracked vehicles. As a solution, a method is proposed which is based on non-contact measurement of track link displacements using high-speed videography and computer vision algorithms. The implementation of the Lucas–Kanade optical flow, an efficient algorithm for tracking feature points on the surface of the track links, is discussed in detail. It is shown that this approach allows for highly accurate measurement of displacements, velocities, and deformations along the entire track loop without affecting the object of study, meeting the stringent requirements of experimental research. The method enables high-precision identification of frequencies, amplitudes, damping coefficients, and vibration modes of various track branches and provides a complete picture of the kinematics of the track loop branches without influencing the object under study.
Keywords caterpillar drive, dynamics, oscillations, amplitude, frequency, computer vision, Lucas–Kanade optical flow method
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