Predicting the pressure–sinkage characteristics of two forest sites in Ireland using in situ soil mechanical properties

Alexandrou, 1995, In situ determination of the pre-compaction stress of a soil, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 61, 67, 10.1006/jaer.1995.1032 Alexandrou, 1997, Development of a technique for assessing the behaviour of soil under load, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 68, 169, 10.1006/jaer.1997.0194 Al-Shayea, 2003, Determination of parameters for a hyperbolic model of soils, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, 156, 105, 10.1680/geng.2003.156.2.105 Bekker, 1969 Berry, 1972, The consolidation of peat, Geotechnique, 22, 27, 10.1680/geot.1972.22.1.27 1981 Daly, 1998, Mocassins, walk on water, Forest Machinery Journal, 5, 18 Duncan, 1970, Non-linear analysis of stress and strain in soils, Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, ASCE, 96, 1629, 10.1061/JSFEAQ.0001458 Earl, 1997, Assessment of the behaviour of field soils during compression, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 68, 147, 10.1006/jaer.1997.0192 Earl, 2001, Deformation process below a plate sinkage test on sandy loam soil, experimental approach, Journal of Terramechanics, 38, 153, 10.1016/S0022-4898(00)00018-5 Gassman, 1989, Analysis of track and wheel soil compaction, Transactions of the ASAE, 32, 23, 10.13031/2013.30957 Hammond, 1981 Janbu, 1963, Soil compressibility as determined by odometer and triaxial test, Proceedings of the European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 1, 19 Kondner, 1948, Correlation of load bearing tests on soils, Proceedings of Highway Research Board, 41, 557 McDonald, 1997, Effect of slash on forwarder soil compaction, Journal of Forest Engineering, 8, 15 Mellgren, 1980 Mendenhall, 1995 Nugent, 2003, Characteristic site disturbance due to harvesting and extraction machinery traffic on sensitive forest sites with peat soils, Forest Ecology and Management, 180, 85, 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00628-X Okello, 1997, A theoretical and experimental investigation of rubber track performance models, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 69, 15, 10.1006/jaer.1997.0220 O’Mahony, 2000, Bearing capacity of forest access roads built on peat soils, Journal of Terramechanics, 37, 127, 10.1016/S0022-4898(00)00003-3 Owende, 2002 Owende P M O; Ward S M (1999). Excavators and backhoe loaders and base machines in forest operations, computer based analysis and modelling of ground damage. Proceedings from the First Meeting of a Concerted Action FAIR-CT 98-3381, pp 73–86. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Pollock, 1986, Finite element analysis of multipass effects of vehicles on soil compaction, Transactions of the ASAE, 29, 45, 10.13031/2013.30099 Rahman, 2004, Mechanical properties in relation to vehicle mobility of Sepang peat terrain in Malaysia, Journal of Terramechanics, 41, 25, 10.1016/j.jterra.2004.01.002 Raper, 1990, Effect of variable linear elastic parameters on finite element prediction of soil compaction, Transactions of the ASAE, 33, 731, 10.13031/2013.31393 Reece, 1965, Principles of soil–vehicle mechanics, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 180, 45 Rubinstein, 2001, In situ determination of engineering properties of soil, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 78, 199, 10.1006/jaer.2000.0651 Saarilahati M (2002). Soil interaction model. Development of a protocol for ecoefficient wood harvesting on sensitive sites (ecowood). Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources, Contract No. QLK5-1999-00991 (1999–2002), 87 pp, University College Dublin, Dublin Saarilahati, 1999 Sela, 1972, Load support capability of flat plates of various shapes in soils, Journal of Terramechanics, 8, 39, 10.1016/0022-4898(72)90094-8 Taartila S (1994). Taking the environment into account when designing forest machinery. Proceedings of the Soil, Tree, Machine Interactions Seminar, July 4–8, 12 pp, Feldafing, Germany Tiernan, 2004, Effects of working conditions on forwarder productivity in cut-to-length timber harvesting on sensitive forest sites in Ireland, Biosystems Engineering, 87, 167, 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2003.11.009 Upadhyaya, 1997, Semi-empirical traction prediction equations based on relevant soil parameters, Journal of Terramechanics, 34, 141, 10.1016/S0022-4898(97)00030-X Upadhyaya, 1993, An instrumented device to obtain traction related parameters, Journal of Terramechanics, 30, 1, 10.1016/0022-4898(93)90027-U Vidrine C G; deHoop C; Landford B L (1999). Assessment of site and stand disturbance from cut-to-length harvesting. Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, February 16–18, Shreveport, Los Angeles, USA Wolski W (1994). In: Advances in Understanding and Modelling the Mechanical Behaviour of Peat. (Haan E D; Termaat R; Edil T B eds). Balkema, Rotterdam Wong, 1978 Wong, 1980, Data processing methodology in the characterization of the mechanical properties of terrain, Journal of Terramechanics, 17, 13, 10.1016/0022-4898(80)90014-2 Wong, 1979, Characterization of the mechanical properties of muskeg with special reference to vehicle mobility, Journal of Terramechanics, 16, 163, 10.1016/0022-4898(79)90026-0 Wong, 1992, Measurement and characterisation of the pressure–sinkage data for snow obtained using a Rammsonde, Journal of Terramechanics, 29, 265, 10.1016/0022-4898(92)90031-E Wong, 1982, Some further studies on the mechanical properties of muskeg in relation to vehicle mobility, Journal of Terramechanics, 19, 107, 10.1016/0022-4898(82)90015-5 Yong, 1980, Tyre flexibility and mobility on soft soils, Journal of Terramechanics, 17, 43, 10.1016/0022-4898(80)90015-4 Zeleke G; Owende P M O; Kanali C L; Ward S; (2002). In-situ pressure–sinkage measurement for machine mobility study. Agrifood Engineering Research Review (University College Dublin) 7,72–75 Ziani, 1990, Pressure–sinkage relationship for tyres on very loose sand, Journal of Terramechanics, 27, 167, 10.1016/0022-4898(90)90009-B