Construction Machines

Dinko Mikulic is the author of a significant number of scientific and professional works in the field of construction of motor vehicles and construction machinery, published in professional and scientific magazines. He is the author of the books: Design of Demining Machines (Springer-Verlag London 2013), Construction Machinery (1998) and Motor Vehicles, Theory of Dynamics and Design (2020). He received his doctorate at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Shipbuilding at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). At the University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica he lectures in the teaching subjects: Motor Vehicles and Construction Machines.

Drasko Mück is the author of scientific and professional works in the field of motor vehicles, published in magazines and international at conferences. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Shipbuilding at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). He is employed at DOK-ING d.o.o. in Zagreb. He deals with the development of special machines, He is the head of the design solutions group. At the University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica he holds lectures and exercises in the teaching subjects: Mechanics, Strength and Construction Machines.

Introduction.- Soil properties.- Soil digging resistances.- Traction properties of construction machines.- Bulldozers.- Loaders.- Backhoes.- Soil compaction machines.- Mobile cranes.- Telehandlers.- Construction trucks.- Maintenance of construction machines.