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Soil Compaction Models<br />

� With this methodology it is possible not only to state a danger of soil compaction as<br />

for example possible with TASC or SOCOMO. It is possible to gain realistic soil<br />

displacement pictures and correctly evaluate the influence of drive systems / under-<br />

carriage systems.<br />

� Confining pressure loading times ranging from 30 – 360 min and varying moisture<br />

content between 8 – 12 % did not significantly affect the resulting VCLs.<br />

� The VCL depends on the relations of major and minor principal stresses for mean<br />

normal stress.<br />

� The in-situ parameters could be gained trixially if similar major and minor principal<br />

stresses were applied as occurring underneath a tyre.<br />

� The in-situ VCL approach could be replicated with small scale plate sinkage ex-<br />

periments; however best prediction of soil displacement was achieved with full<br />

scale in-situ approach.<br />

� Plate sinkage predictions worked on dense and medium soil conditions reasonably<br />

well, however, significantly overestimated rut depth on soft soil conditions.<br />

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

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