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Soil compaction in crop production /

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This book provides a global review of the mechanisms, incidence and control measures related to the problems of soil compaction in agriculture, forestry and other cropping systems. Among the disciplines which relate to this subject are soil physics, soil mechanics, vehicle mechanics, agricultural en...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Soane, B. D. (Brennan D.), Ouwerkerk, C. van
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 1994.
Series:Developments in agricultural engineering ; 11.
Subjects:
Crops > Effect of soil compaction on.
Soils > Density.
Plants > Effect of soil compaction on.
Soil physics.
Sols > Densité.
Plantes > Effets du compactage des sols sur.
Sols > Physique.
Cultures > Effets du compactage des sols sur.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Soils > Density
Soil physics
Plants > Effect of soil compaction on
Crops > Effect of soil compaction on
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • MEASURING STRESS-STRAIN RELATONSHIPSTYPES OF SOIL BEHAVIOUR UNDER WHEELS; STRESS AND STRAIN EFFECTS ON SOIL QUALITIES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Soil Compactability and Compressibility; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS; FACTORS INFLUENCING SOIL STRENGTH; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Prediction of Soil Compaction under Vehicles; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; MODELING SURFACE-APPLIED FORCES FROM FARM VEHICLES; MODELING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APPLIED STRESS AND SOIL STRAIN; MODELING THE PROPAGATION OF FORCES IN THE SOIL; LINKING SOIL COMPACTION MODELS TO CROP GROWTH MODELS