The peat swamp : productivity, trafficability and mechanization

The peat swamp : productivity, trafficability and mechanization /

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Other Authors: Rahman, Ataur, 1967-, Afroz, Rafia, 1972-, Yahya, Azmi, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NOVA/Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2012
Series:Environmental research advances series.
Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Subjects:
Peat machinery.
Peatlands.
Bogs.
Peat bogs.
bogs.
peat bogs.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • THE PEAT SWAMP
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO PEAT SWAMP: INTRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC VALUES
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE PEAT SWAMP
  • 1. THE PEAT SWAMP
  • 1.1. Importance of Peat Swamp
  • 1.2. Functions and Values of Peatlands
  • 1.3. Engineering Significance of Peat
  • 1.5. Ecological Impact of Agricultural on Peat Land
  • 1.5.1. Estimate of Net Emissions
  • 1.5.2. In Situ CO2 Measurement
  • 1.6. Drainage of Peat Land
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2 PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF PEAT
  • 2.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2. OPERATION OF PEAT LAND
  • 2.3. COMMUNITIES INVOLVEMENT
  • 2.4. UTILIZATION OF PEATLAND
  • 2.4.1. Sago Cultivation
  • 2.4.2. Utilization of Peat Forest
  • 2.4.3. Utilization of Rivers
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3 ECONOMIC VALUE OF PEAT LAND
  • 3.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2. ECONOMIC VALUE OF PEAT SWAMP FORESTS
  • 3.3. DIRECT USE VALUE OF PEAT LAND
  • 3.3.1. Agricultural Production Functions
  • 3.3.2. Direct Extractive Use of Biodiversity in Peat Land
  • 3.3.3. Storage and Sequestration of Carbon
  • 3.4. INDIRECT USE OF PEAT LAND
  • 3.5. NON-USE VALUES OF PEAT LAND
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • PART 2: TRAFICABILITY (MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICE)
  • Chapter 4 TRAFICABILITY OF PEAT
  • 4.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2. DRAINAGE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF CANALS
  • 4.3. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEAT LAND
  • 4.3. ACIDITY (PH) OF PEAT SOIL BY MICROBIAL TREATMENT
  • 4.3. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PEAT SWAMP
  • 4.3.1. Deformation Characteristics of Peat
  • Compression Index (Cc)
  • Void Ratio with Liquid Limit and Natural Water Content
  • 4.3.2. Surface Mat Stiffness and Underlying Stiffness of Peat
  • 4.3.3. Moisture Content and Bulk Density
  • 4.3.4. Natural Unit Weight.
  • 4.4. COHESIVENESS, INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE AND SHEAR DEFORMATION MODULUS
  • 4.5. IN-SITU SHEARING STRENGTH
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • PART 3: MECHANIZATION: WHEELED VEHICLE, TRACKED VEHICLE AND INTELLIGENT AIR-CUSHION TRACKED VEHICLE
  • Chapter 5 MECHANIZATION OF PEAT SWAMP
  • 5.1. INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 6 WHEEDED VEHICLE FOR HIGHLAND PEAT
  • 6.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2. TRACTION MECHANICS
  • Slippage
  • Load Distribution
  • Traction Force
  • Motion Resistance
  • 6.3. TRACTIVE PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION
  • 6.3.1. Tractive Performance Investigation
  • Theoretically
  • 6.3.2. Tractive Performance Investigation: Experimentally
  • 6.4. MATHEMATICAL MODEL VALIDITY
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7 TRACKED VEHICLE FOR MODERATE PEAT TERRAIN
  • 7.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2. TRACTION MECHANICS OF TRACK VEHICLE
  • 7.2.1. Straight Motion
  • 7.2.2. Traction Mechanics for Turning Motion
  • 4. TRACTIVE PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION
  • 7.4.1. Tractive Performance Investigation
  • Experimentally
  • 7.4.2. Result Interpretation: Statistical Analysis
  • 7.5. CHAPTER CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
  • 7.5.1. Conclusions
  • 7.5.2. Recommendations
  • 7.6. VEHICLE LIMITATIONS
  • NOTATION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 8 INTELLIGENT TRACKED VEHICLE FOR WORST PEAT SWAMP
  • 8.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2. TRACTION MECHANICS
  • Assumptions of the Development of Intelligent Air-cushion Tracked Vehicle
  • 8.2.1. Sinkage
  • 8.2.2. Traction Force
  • 8.2.3. Motion Resistance
  • 8.3. INTELLIGENT AIR-CUSHION SYSTEM
  • 8.4. STUDY OF LOAD DISTRIBUTION RATIO
  • 8.5 DESCRIPTION OF INTELLIGENT AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT
  • 8.6. VEHICLE PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION
  • 8.6.1. Laboratory Experiment without Intelligent System
  • 8.6.2. Field Experiment without Intelligent System
  • 8.7. VEHICLE PERFROMANCE PREDICTION: FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH
  • 8.7.1. Prediction of Air Flow Rate.
  • 8.7.2. Prediction of Vehicle Tractive Performance
  • 8.8. MODEL VALIDITY
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 9 SEMI-WHEELED TRACKED VEHICLE: "HIGHLAND AND MODERATE PEAT"
  • 9.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 9.2. TRACTION MECHANICS
  • 9.2.1. Traction Force
  • 9.2.2. Motion Resistance
  • Chapter 10 RELEVANT PEAT VEHICLE IN MALAYSIA
  • 10.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 10.2. PEAT TRACTOR PROTOTYPE
  • 10.2. MALTRAK
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX.

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