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Laboratory Studies Into Undercarriage Systems<br />

Depth (mm)<br />

0<br />

100<br />

200<br />

300<br />

400<br />

500<br />

600<br />

700<br />

800<br />

Penetration Res is tance (MPa)<br />

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

Control<br />

160 bar<br />

200 bar<br />

50 bar<br />

LSD at 95% CI<br />

Figure 36: Penetrometer resistance vs. depth for the Claas unit at three belt pressures<br />

3.3.1.2 Soil Displacement<br />

Soil displacement for the normal belt tension at 160 bar in Figure 37 showed a larger soil<br />

displacement than both the 50 and 200 bar experiment and was statistically significantly<br />

different from the unit at 200 bar (p=0.0059). The soil displacement data for the belt ten-<br />

sion at 160 bar originates from Ansorge (2005, a). Hence, the difference in soil displace-<br />

ment is most likely due to both the variation in soil bin preparation due to possible changes<br />

on the soil processor and this particular run of the track at 12 t from Ansorge (2005, a) be-<br />

ing an outlier showing more soil displacement, too. The penetrometer resistance given ear-<br />

lier in Section 3.3.1.1 for the experiment at 160 bar originates from this study and conse-<br />

quently was in line. The talcum powder lines for this particular experiment were used al-<br />

ternatively to evaluate the influence of lugs on vertical soil displacement as detailed in Sec-<br />

tion 7.2. When the unit was operated at 200 bar, it caused the least soil displacement. At 50<br />

bar, rut depth and soil displacement were larger, but no statistical difference could be de-<br />

tected. Over the entire depth soil displacement for the unit at 50 bar varied slightly, how-<br />

ever, was always bigger than the soil displacement at 200 bar.<br />

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

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