METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TURNING A TRANSPORT MEANS

摘要

The inventive turning method and device reduce the resistance to turn of a transport means whose undercarriage is provided with a long and narrow bearing surface. The inventive turning method consists in dividing the designed long and narrow outline of the bearing surface into a certain plurality of turning sections which are longitudinally disposed one after another along the same track, for example in the form of a plurality of separate short turning skis or crawlers or the combination thereof. During travelling, said sections simultaneously turn with respect to the transport means body, wherein each section turns at an individual angle required for the transport means running along a predetermined trajectory, i.e. at an angle, at which each section is arranged along the tangent to the travel paths of the transport means points around which said sections turn. When the transport means turns, all sections overcome forces resistant to turning by the minimum section thereof in such a way they poke through a medium instead of moving said medium as in the case when an entire crawler or ski turns.