Tracked Vehicle Impacts to Vegetation Structure and Soil Erodibility

Military Vehicle Trafficking Impacts on Vegetation and Soil Bulk Density at Fort Benning , Georgia

Potential increases in wind erosion that might be brought about by military vehicles traveling off-road during training are of concern to the U.S. military because wind erosion and vehicle dust emissions contribute to land and air quality degradation and can cause adverse effects on respiratory health. Field studies were conducted in the summer of 2012 at Fort Benning, Georgia, to assess the ef...

Path Tracking Control of Tracked Vehicle on Soft Cohesive Soil

This paper deals with path tracking control of tracked vehicle on extremely soft cohesive soil. The dynamics of tracked vehicle is very complex and nonlinear because of the slippage of vehicle and the soil shearing. For the purpose of control of tracked vehicle we adopted simplified approaches. The vehicle is modeled as single-body vehicle. Two kinds of PD (Proportional-Differential) controller...

The Effect of Volcanic Ash Incorporation, Slope and Vegetation on Soil Surface Runoff and Erodibility Characteristics

Measure Soil Erodibility in Situ

The assessment of the erodibility of soil materials is essential for analyzing and modeling rill, gully, streambed, streambank, spillway, and embankment erosion. A submerged jet−testing apparatus has been developed and used for characterizing soil erodibility in several applications as cited in the literature. The apparatus has been developed based on knowledge of the hydraulic characteristics ...

Regional Study of No-Till Impacts on Near-Surface Aggregate Properties that Influence Soil Erodibility