Interaction between Small-Sized Forest Machines and Soil-Ground Surface. P. 127–140

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Abstract

Most of Russia’s forestry companies, which are owned by legal entities, are small and low-volume producers (about 85 %). Unlike large and medium-sized forestry companies (which account for 60 % of the country’s forestry industry), purchasing high-performance forestry machinery is economically inefficient for them. since the relatively small volume of work does not allow effective utilization of such equipment. The local population also harvests a small amount of timber for their own needs, using gasoline-powered chainsaws and small tractors. Projecting the interaction between small-sized forestry machines and soil surfaces is a relevant and complex scientific and practical issue, since the cyclical nature of the machine’s impact on the soil affects its performance differently in various situations. This article presents a theoretical model of the cyclic impact of a propulsor to soil. The model is suitable for calculating passability and rutting under cyclic loading of soil by a propulsor, i.e., when forestry machinery repeatedly passes over a section of terrain, by utilizing the mechanical properties of the soil based on the density of its skeleton. The model also considers the effect of a single propulsor, which allows, a detailed analysis of the undercarriage’s impact and formulation of an optimization issue for load distribution among individual propulsors (both weight and ground pressure), for example, in case of multiaxial forestry machines and machines with trailers. The slipping coefficient is represented as a parameter of the mathematical model, determined by the ratio of the traction between the propulsor and soil, caused by resistance to motion, and the mechanical properties of the supporting surface, as well as its slope. Applying the proposed model will facilitate better decision-making regarding the selection of machinery and the most rational planning of its work in various natural and operational conditions.

Funding: The work was carried out within the framework of the scientific school “Innovative Solutions in the Logging Industry and Forestry” of the Arctic State Agrotechnological University and financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 26-16-00047, https://rscf.ru/project/26-16-00047/.

Authors

Ilya S. Dolzhikov¹, Candidate of Engineering; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2738-0483
Egor G. Khitrov², Doctor of Engineering, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: R-8199-2016, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4569-9508
Olga A. Kunitskaya^3*, Doctor of Engineering, Prof.; ResearcherID: AAC-9568-2020, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8542-9380
Oleg B. Markov⁴, Candidate of Engineering, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: AAS-9699-2020, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-9607
Sergey V. Egipko⁵, Candidate of Engineering, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: HKE-8530-2023, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8356-7026
Olga I. Grigoreva⁶, Candidate of Agriculture, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: AAC-9570-2020, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5937-0813

Affiliation

¹Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Saint Petersburg, Russia; idolzhikov222@mail.ru
²Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russia; yegorkhitrov@gmail.com
³Arctic State Agrotechnological University, Yakutsk, Russia; ola.ola07@mail.ru*
⁴Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia; 79212222619@yandex.ru
⁵Novocherkassk Engineering and Reclamation Institute named after A.K. Kortunov – A branch of the Don State Agrarian University, Novocherkassk, Russia; egipko_s@mail.ru

Keywords

forest machines, forest soils, slipping coefficient, supporting passability, rutting, soil compaction, single propulsor

For citation

Dolzhikov I.S., Khitrov E.G., Kunitskaya O.A., Markov O.B., Egipko S.V., Grigoreva O.I. Interaction between Small-Sized Forest Machines and Soil-Ground Surface. Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, 2026, no. 5, pp. 127–140. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2026-5-127-140

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