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Ancillary Experiments<br />

An argument supporting the hypothesis of a shear force effect was the similar vertical soil<br />

displacement caused by the rear/implement tyres to that of the rubber track (Ansorge and<br />

Godwin, 2007). However, the penetrometer resistance results for the smaller implement<br />

tyres did not show a peak close to the surface and as shown in Figure 98, merging of the<br />

data for the track and rear tyres occurred at a depth of less than 300 mm.<br />

Depth, mm<br />

0<br />

50<br />

100<br />

150<br />

200<br />

250<br />

300<br />

Displacement, mm<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110<br />

y = -6.31x + 362<br />

y = -6.01x + 382<br />

y = -8.73x + 587<br />

y = -5.36x + 488<br />

y = -5.97x + 602<br />

y = -5.91x + 591<br />

Figure 97: Displacement vs. Depth, top 300 mm with regression lines. □ track 10.5t;<br />

Dep th (mm)<br />

■ track 12t; � 680/10.5/2.2; × 900/10.5/1.9; + 800/10.5/2.5; ♦<br />

800/10.5/1.25<br />

0<br />

100<br />

200<br />

300<br />

400<br />

500<br />

600<br />

700<br />

800<br />

Pem etrome ter Resistance (M pa)<br />

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3<br />

Figure 98: Penetrometer resistances for rear tyres and track at 12 t. Δ control; •<br />

600/4.5/1.4; + 500/85/4.5/1.4b; ■ track12t ; � LSD at 95% confidence<br />

level<br />

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

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