777cc3bf19177109a8d-7873 20240826004709653 beie:beie director@blueeyesintelligence.org WEB-FORM International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering IJITEE 22783075 10.35940/ijitee https://www.ijitee.org/ 08 30 2024 13 9 Professor, Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Poltava State Agrarian University, Poltava, Ukraine. Kovbasa Volodymyr https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4574-5826 Priliepo Nataliia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-7405 Ph.D. Student, Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Poltava State Agrarian University, Poltava, Ukraine. The article analyzes methods for solving problems on the drive systems' compacting effect on the support surface (soil). There are analyzed results of studies on the distribution of pressures and tensions in the contact surfaces depending on the propulsors' mechanical properties and the support surface's material. The article also includes an analysis of methods for formalizing contact surfaces and constructing mathematical models for determining the distribution of pressures, deformations, and tensions in the contact surfaces. Numerical methods for solving contact problems that have been used recently are not integral. To obtain such solutions, numerical FEM and DEM methods can be used for a specific problem, i.e. for a problem with a known geometric data source and specific mechanical properties of a contacting body. Based on the studies conducted, it was concluded that to understand the interaction of a deforming wheel with a deformable surface, it is necessary to use an analytical method for solving contact problems in a three-dimensional setting as the most general and productive. It’ll allow us to determine the geometrical dimensions and shapes of the contact spot, determine dependencies of the geometrical parameters of the wheel, rolling resistance, tension-strain state of the contacting surfaces depending on the loading conditions of the wheel, its mechanical properties, and the support surface. 08 30 2024 1 4 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijitee.org true International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) No, I did not receive it. No conflicts of interest to the best of our knowledge. No, the article does not require ethical approval and consent to participate with evidence. Not relevant. All authors have equal participation in this article. 10.35940/ijitee.I9944.13090824 https://www.ijitee.org/portfolio-item/I994413090824/