Soil stresses and rut depths from tires of a mechanical front wheel drive tractor

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1249-1257

  Pearman, B K ^a,b   Way, T R ^a,c   Johnson, C E ^a,d   Burt, E C ^a,c   Bailey, A C ^a,c   Raper, R L ^a,c  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Pearman Corporation   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sensors; Soil compaction; Soil dynamics; Soil wheel interaction; Tires; Tracks

Indexed keywords

FARM TRAFFIC; HARDPAN; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DYNAMIC; SOIL STRESS; TRACTOR TYPE;

EID: 0029660597     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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