1. DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL USED TO ANALYZE COUPLING REACTIONS BETWEEN A TRACTOR’S FIFTHWHEEL AND A SEMITRAILER’S KINGPIN Open Access Author: Shoffner, Brent William Title: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL USED TO ANALYZE COUPLING REACTIONS BETWEEN A TRACTOR’S FIFTHWHEEL AND A SEMITRAILER’S KINGPIN Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: FEAkingpinFifthwheelCoupling File: Download Shoffner_Thesis_Master_File.pdf Committee Members: Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
