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Soil Compaction Models<br />

depending on the unit except for PTS where sinkage would be underestimated. This is sen-<br />

sible as it is the unit with the least belt tension. Consequently a track slag of 0.05 results in<br />

a sinkage prediction even larger and less appropriate except possibly for the PTS. The<br />

Bernstein equation significantly underestimates sinkage except for the Stocks. Thus in<br />

general the track equation predicts sinkage most accurately. Unfortunately true track slag<br />

has not been measured during the experiments and therefore no further calibra-<br />

tion/adjustment can be made. Overall the prediction using Bekker (1960)s equation for the<br />

sinkage of tracks probably may predict tracks most accurately if true slag data was avail-<br />

able. Both Bekker (1960) and Bernstein lack a sensible adjustement for sinkage prediction<br />

on different soil conditions as both only consider k, but not n.<br />

Table 27: Measured and predicted track sinkages using different approaches;<br />

the slag i.e. elastic elongation of the track, is accounted for by the Track equation<br />

Unit / Belt Slag Plate (mm) Track (mm) Bernstein (Eq. 7) (mm) Meas. Sinkage (mm)<br />

Stocks/0.05 0.2 80 51 55<br />

Stocks/0.02 64<br />

PTS/0.05 0.2 102 58 85<br />

PTS/0.02 79<br />

Westtrack/0.05 0.1 70 36 55<br />

Westtrack/0.02 No Slag 57 No Slag<br />

TerraTrac/0.05 0.15 77 29 55<br />

TerraTrac/0.02 No Slag 62 No Slag<br />

6.9 The Implication of Peak vs. Average Contact Pressure on in-situ VCL<br />

The in-situ VCL gained in 6.3 only takes average contact pressure into consideration. It<br />

does not take peak pressures underneath the tyre into consideration. If the peak pressure is<br />

taken into consideration for the in-situ VCL, rather than the average contact pressure, this<br />

would mean that the soil was stronger as it would require higher pressure to achieve the<br />

same density. However, as the triaxial cell test apparatus results in 6.6.3 indicate, if the<br />

VCL was gained by only confining pressure, the pressure should be smaller to achieve the<br />

same density, not bigger. Consequently taking the peak into consideration would not re-<br />

duce the difference.<br />

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

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