คำอธิบาย
Ponyatie sochlenennaya transportnaya sistema (STS) ves'ma shiroko i vklyuchaet v sebya tselyy spektr transportnykh, tekhnologicheskikh i transportno-tekhnologicheskikh mashin, imeyushchikh, kak minimum, dve sektsii, soedinennye mezhdu soboy sharnirom s odnoy ili bolee stepenyami svobody. Raspredelenie silovogo potoka istochnika energii mezhdu tyagovoy i pritsepnoy (tekhnologicheskoy) sektsiyami STS vedet k sozdaniyu otdel'nogo klassa mashin - aktivnye sochlenennye transportnye sistemy (ASTS).