Construction Machinery Engineering
Bulldozer 101 — Understanding Crawler Traction and Blade Control
A bulldozer is a machine that unifies control of its earth-pushing blade and crawlers through hydraulics and the drivetrain. This article organizes ground pressure, traction force, blade attitude, GNSS/IMU-based ICT construction, the design thinking behind Komatsu's D61/D65 series and Caterpillar's D6 XE, and research into electrification and autonomous leveling — through both equations and a field perspective.