Spatial analyses of field traffic intensity and modeling of changes in wheel load and ground contact pressure in individual fields during a silage maize harvest

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-111

  Duttmann, Rainer ^a   Brunotte, Joachim ^b   Bach, Michaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field traffic; Modeling mean ground contact pressure changes; Modeling wheel load changes; Number of wheel passes; Soil compaction risk; Wheel track area; Wheel track patterns

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPACTION; HARVESTING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

GROUND CONTACTS; NUMBER OF WHEEL PASSES; SOIL COMPACTION; WHEEL LOADS; WHEEL TRACK;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867756232     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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