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Appendix<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

-100<br />

0<br />

100<br />

200<br />

300<br />

400<br />

500<br />

600<br />

700<br />

5 Both<br />

5 Subsoil<br />

4 Both<br />

4 Subsoil<br />

5 Shallow<br />

4 Shallow<br />

Soil Bin VCL<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

-10 0 10 20 30 40 50 6 0 70 80 -10 -10 0 0 10 20 30 40 40 50 60 60 70 70 80<br />

80<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

Displacement (mm)<br />

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

-100<br />

0<br />

100<br />

200<br />

300<br />

400<br />

500<br />

600<br />

700<br />

5 Both<br />

5 Subsoil<br />

4 Both<br />

4 Subsoil<br />

5 Shallow<br />

4 Shallow<br />

Soil Bin VCL<br />

Figure 21: Measured (points) and predicted (lines) soil displacement for the normal<br />

(2.5 bar) (left hand side) and high inflation pressure (3.5 bar) (right hand<br />

side) treatment on subsoiled sandy loam<br />

Overall it seems as if a concentration factor of 5 seems appropriate to describe the pressure<br />

propagation for a sandy loam soil and a concentration factor of 4 to describe a clay soil. This<br />

can be explained from their different particle size distribution which overall gives the sandy<br />

loam a coarser network compared to the clay which is due to the smaller particle sizes much<br />

finer. Due to the finer network the pressure decreases less with depth and is transmitted to<br />

deeper layers more easily than with the coarser network of a sandy soil.<br />

In future work consideration should be given to the behaviour of tyre contact patches at<br />

different inflation pressures when they vary from the recommended inflation pressure either<br />

positively or negatively as in either case prediction results are not satisfactory.<br />

11.1.5 Triaxial Justification of VCL<br />

In this section the soil bin approach to gain a VCL will be evaluated by gaining an adequate<br />

VCL with a triaxial test equipment. Initially confining pressure will be applied followed by an<br />

investigation of the water compressibility and finally axial and radial pressure will be applied<br />

trying to mimic real soil bin conditions. At the end all the different prediction results of the<br />

varying VCLs will be compared. In Appendix 1.6 the soil bin approach to gain a VCL will be<br />

taken by utilizing small scale plate sinkage tests rather than tyres.<br />

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