Compaction of agricultural and forest subsoils by tracked heavy construction machinery

Berli, Markus; Kulli, Beatrice; Attinger, Werner; Keller, Martin; Leuenberger, Jörg; Flühler, Hannes; Springman, Sarah M; Schulin, Rainer

doi:10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Compaction of agricultural and forest subsoils by tracked heavy construction machinery
Authors:	Berli, Markus Kulli, Beatrice Attinger, Werner Keller, Martin Leuenberger, Jörg Flühler, Hannes Springman, Sarah M Schulin, Rainer
DOI:	10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0
Published in:	Soil & Tillage Research
Volume(Issue):	75
Issue:	1
Page(s):	37
Pages to:	52
Issue Date:	Jan-2004
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0167-1987
Language:	English
Subjects:	Subsoil compaction; Construction machinery; Traffic experiment; Precompression stress; Dye tracer
Subject (DDC):	630: Agriculture
Abstract:	Precompression stress has been proposed as a criterion for subsoil compression sensitivity in regulations, limiting mechanical loads by vehicles, trafficking on agricultural and forest soils. In this study we investigated the applicability of this criterion to the field situation in the case of tracked heavy construction machinery. 'Wet' and 'dry' test plots at three different test sites (soil types: Eutric Cambisol and Haplic Luvisol under crop rotation and Dystric Cambisol under forest) along an overland gas pipeline construction site were experimentally trafficked with heavy tracked machines used for the construction work. The comparison of samples taken from beneath the tracks with samples taken from non-trafficked areas beside the tracks showed that no significant increase in precompression stress occurred in the subsoil. Comparing calculated mean and peak vertical stresses with precompression stress in the subsoil, only little compaction effects could have been expected. Precompression stress was determined by the Casagrande procedure from confined uniaxial compression tests carried out in the laboratory on undisturbed samples at -6 kPa initial soil water potential. Dye tracer experiments showed little differences between flow pattern of trafficked and non-trafficked subsoils, in agreement with the results of the precompression stress, bulk density and macroporosity measurements. The results indicate that Casagrande precompression stress may be a suitable criterion to define the maximum allowable peak stresses in the contact area of a rigid track in order to protect agricultural and forest subsoils against compaction.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/12133
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Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Berli, M., Kulli, B., Attinger, W., Keller, M., Leuenberger, J., Flühler, H., Springman, S. M., & Schulin, R. (2004). Compaction of agricultural and forest subsoils by tracked heavy construction machinery. Soil & Tillage Research, 75(1), 37–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0

Berli, M. et al. (2004) ‘Compaction of agricultural and forest subsoils by tracked heavy construction machinery’, Soil & Tillage Research, 75(1), pp. 37–52. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0.

M. Berli et al., “Compaction of agricultural and forest subsoils by tracked heavy construction machinery,” Soil & Tillage Research, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 37–52, Jan. 2004, doi: 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0.

BERLI, Markus, Beatrice KULLI, Werner ATTINGER, Martin KELLER, Jörg LEUENBERGER, Hannes FLÜHLER, Sarah M SPRINGMAN und Rainer SCHULIN, 2004. Compaction of agricultural and forest subsoils by tracked heavy construction machinery. Soil & Tillage Research. Januar 2004. Bd. 75, Nr. 1, S. 37–52. DOI 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0

Berli, Markus, Beatrice Kulli, Werner Attinger, Martin Keller, Jörg Leuenberger, Hannes Flühler, Sarah M Springman, and Rainer Schulin. 2004. “Compaction of Agricultural and Forest Subsoils by Tracked Heavy Construction Machinery.” Soil & Tillage Research 75 (1): 37–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0.

Berli, Markus, et al. “Compaction of Agricultural and Forest Subsoils by Tracked Heavy Construction Machinery.” Soil & Tillage Research, vol. 75, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 37–52, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0.