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Appendix<br />

more pressure is necessary. A decreased intercept means less pressure for the same DBD, too.<br />

With an increased intercept the opposite is true. In Table 4 the functionality of critical soil<br />

mechanics parameters and their implications on the predicted results is summarized. This<br />

aims on investigating whether a change in critical state soil mechanics parameters will get the<br />

predictions of the model closer to the range of the real results.<br />

Table 4 shows the given parameters and their corresponding maximum predicted DBD,<br />

whereby the increase of the DBD is given at the surface and at depth, too. Predicted rut depth<br />

is shown, too. In a first step the slope of the virgin compression line was reduced which in<br />

consequence reduced soil compaction as expected. With a reduction in the intercept soil<br />

compaction increased significantly. With a slope of about 0.15 the results came into the range<br />

measured in the soil bin by Ansorge (2005). The recompression lines were not changed<br />

because their influence can be ignored as they influence the response to multiple loadings and<br />

have no impact on single passes which are investigated at this stage.<br />

Table 4: Variation in predicted soil compaction with changes in critical state soil<br />

Slope Y<br />

Axis<br />

mechanics parameters<br />

Recompression<br />

lines<br />

Final max.DBD<br />

[g/cm 3 ]<br />

Increase top<br />

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

[%]<br />

Increase Bottom<br />

0.123 2.422 0.0087/0.0327 1.41 3 0 12<br />

0.1 2.422 0.0087/0.0327 1.39 1 3<br />

0.123 2.0 0.0087/0.0327 1.80 43 25 250<br />

0.15 2.422 0.0087/0.0327 1.51 12 3 45<br />

0.123 3.0 0.0087/0.0327 1.38 0 0 0<br />

0.15 2.422 0.008/0.0327 1.51 13 3 50<br />

0.15 2.422 0.0095/0.0327 1.50 12 3 45<br />

0.15 2.422 0.0087/0.025 1.51 12 2 45<br />

0.15 2.422 0.0087/0.04 1.51 12 4 50<br />

[%]<br />

201<br />

Rut depth<br />

Changing critical state soil parameters to fit the data seems a promising way to make the data<br />

fit existing soil mechanics models.<br />

11.1.1.2.3 Conclusion and Outlook<br />

The comparison of measured pressure to calculated pressure showed some deviation, yet the<br />

magnitude is too small to explain the large differences seen especially in COMPSOIL.<br />

[mm]

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