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Soil Compaction Models<br />

the width of the tyre and half the contact length is plotted against measured rut depth in<br />

Figure 95. For reference plate sinkage parameters gained from the small scale experiment<br />

in the triaxial cell are included. Figure 96 contains the large plate sinkage predictions and<br />

compares it to the predicted rut depth using COMPSOIL.<br />

Predicted Depth (mm)<br />

500<br />

450<br />

400<br />

350<br />

300<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

0<br />

Dense<br />

Medium<br />

Loose<br />

Real Contact Width<br />

1:1 Line<br />

Half Contact Length<br />

Triaxial Fast Real Width<br />

Triaxial Fast, Half Length<br />

Linear 1:1 Line (1:1 Line)<br />

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350<br />

Measured Depth (mm)<br />

Figure 95: Predicted vs. measured depth of the tyres from plate sinkage data<br />

The predicted and measured rut depths for the dense and medium soil condition show tol-<br />

erable deviation in Figure 95, whereby using the tyre width for the shortest contact length<br />

results in a slightly underpredicted sinkage compared to using half the contact length<br />

which results in a slightly overpredicted rut depth. However, on soft soil conditions, the<br />

deviation is about 100 %. This might be due to the fact that the Bekker model assumes an<br />

infinite soil depth below, whereas in the soil bin, the maximum depth is 750 mm.<br />

Predicted Rut Depth Depth (mm) (mm)<br />

500<br />

450<br />

400<br />

350<br />

300<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

0<br />

Dense<br />

Medium<br />

Loose<br />

Real Contact Width<br />

Half Contact Length<br />

COMPSOIL<br />

1:1 Line<br />

Linear 1:1 Line (1:1 Line)<br />

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350<br />

Measured Rut Depth (mm)<br />

Figure 96: Predicted vs. measured depth of the tyres from plate sinkage data and from<br />

COMPSOIL<br />

Ph.D. Thesis Dirk Ansorge (2007)<br />

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