A laboratory study into the mobility of travelling irrigators in air dry, field capacity and saturated sandy soils

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 2629-2646

  Chico Santamarta, L ^a   Richards, T ^b   Godwin, R J ^b  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irrigator; Mobility; Rolling resistance; Rut depth; Sinkage

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; CRITICAL TO QUALITIES; CROP PRODUCTION; FIELD CAPACITY; FIELD SOIL; FULL SCALE; INFLATION PRESSURES; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MOBILITY; MOISTURE CONTENTS; RUT DEPTH; SANDY SOILS; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SATURATED SANDY SOIL; SINKAGE TESTS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL STRENGTH; TRAFFICABILITY; VERTICAL LOAD;

CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SAND; SOIL MOISTURE;

ROLLING RESISTANCE;

EID: 76449116462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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