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Modeling military trampling effects on glacial soils in the humid continental climate of southern New York
Authors:McDonald Kenneth W  Glen Andrew
Institution:Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy, Bldg 752, Mahan Hall, West Point, NY 10996, USA. ik6124@usma.edu
Abstract:The purpose of this research is to create a baseline model of soil compaction response to trampling and a methodology to model the effects of trampling on soil. Although trampling studies have been conducted in the past, the analysis of military training in part provides a different perspective and approach. The data showed bulk densities remained relatively constant for a time and then began to increase at an increasing rate for several hundred passes and finally leveled and remained at or below 1.30 g/cm3 through the remainder of the experiment. Mathematical models were created based on empirical data from a trampling experiment using a more standard logistical growth curve as well as curves based on Weibull and gamma cumulative distribution functions (CDFs). The experiment and the resulting models give quantifiable continuous inference on the effects of trampling, as opposed to the existing qualitative assessments. These baseline models will be the foundation for future studies of land management when trampling occurs.
Keywords:Soil compaction  Math modeling  Trampling  Bulk density  Military training  West Point
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