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Traction Assistance of a Forwarder in Flat Terrain: Effects on Wheel Slip and Soil Disturbance
| العنوان: | Traction Assistance of a Forwarder in Flat Terrain: Effects on Wheel Slip and Soil Disturbance |
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| المؤلفون: | Breinig, Lorenz, Hinte, Bastian, Schönauer, Marian, Hoffmann, Stephan, Brokmeier, Henrik, Jaeger, Dirk |
| المصدر: | Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering : Journal for Theory and Application of Forestry Engineering ; ISSN 1845-5719 (Print) ; ISSN 1848-9672 (Online) ; Volume 46 ; Issue 1 |
| بيانات النشر: | University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology |
| سنة النشر: | 2025 |
| المجموعة: | Hrčak - Portal of scientific journals of Croatia / Portal znanstvenih časopisa Republike Hrvatske |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | forest operations, timber harvesting, tethered logging, winch-assist, machine–soil interaction, soil compaction, wheel ruts, environmental impact |
| الوصف: | Traction assistance of forest machines via traction aid winches has gained widespread application in steep-terrain forest operations as it can mitigate soil disturbance by reducing wheel or track slip of the assisted machine. Since slip affects machine operations in flat terrain as well, especially on fine-grained and moist soils, the effectiveness of traction assistance under such conditions was evaluated. At a forest site, a forwarder with a total mass of 28.6 t was driven over two plots in 15 passes. The machine travelled unassisted over one plot, while on the second plot traction assistance was manually adjusted to keep slip close to 0%. Wheel slip and winch tractive force were recorded during each pass, and rut depth was measured after each pass. Soil density was measured pre-impact and at three times after different traffic increments. Although the mean wheel slip was low even during unassisted travel, traction assistance was found to cause a significant reduction. While both a decrease in rut depth and soil compaction were observed with traction assistance, only the latter was significant after three machine passes. A potential influence of inhomogeneous soil reinforcement due to roots suggests repeating the experiment on a more homogenous soil. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://hrcak.srce.hr/326346 |
| الاتاحة: | https://hrcak.srce.hr/326346 https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/471731 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.DDD57ABC |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |