6th Asia-Pacific Conference

Bangkok, Thailand, 2001
ISBN 978-1-942112-34-1, €65

Keynote Paper

1. “Soil Mechanical Properties and Processes in Structured Unsaturated Soils under Various Land Use and Management Systems”, by Rainer Horn (paper, presentation)
2. “Possibility of Developing the Electric Driven Off-Road Vehicles”, by Akira Oida (paper, presentation)

Track 1. Soil-Wheel-Tire Interaction

1. “Braking Performance of Low Pressure Off-Road Tire over Soft Terrain”, by D. T. Tran, T. Muro, T. Eguchi, and S. Naka (paper, presentation)
2. “Studies on Grouser Shoe Dimension for Optimum Tractive Performance”, by Xiu Lun Wang, Nobutaka Ito, and Koji Kito (paper, presentation)
3. “Characteristics of Low Pressure Off-Road Tire in Driving State over Soft Terrain”, by T. Eguchi, T. Muro, D. T. Tran and S. Naka(paper, presentation)
4. “Tillage Resistance Ofreverse-Rotational Rotary Tiller Using Different Scoop Surface Blades”, by Takashi Kataoka, Hiroshi Okamoto, Shun-Ichi Hata, and Sakae Shibusawa (paper, presentation)
5. “Steady State Edge Excavation Property of a Disc Cutter Bit”, by T. Muro, K. Kohnol, and K. Tsuchiya (paper, presentation)
6. “Simulation of Soil-Tire Interaction by a Coupled Distinct Element-Finite Element Method”, by Hiroshi Nakashima and Akira Oida (paper, presentation)
7. “Development of a Cage Wheel as a Traction Aid to Agricultural Tractors for Poorly Drained Paddy Fields”, by W. G. Wu, J. S. Piao, B. H. Chong, and K. U. Kim (paper, presentation)
8. “The Role of Pore Water Pressure on the Excavation Torque Mechanism of Dense Sands”, by Ambassah Nathaniel Ochieng, Ryoichi Fukagawa, Matsunaga Masayuki, and O. I. Naohito (paper, presentation)
9. “Study on Excavation Mechanism for Dry Sandy Grounds”, by Ryoichi Fukagawa, Taizo Kobayashi, Ikkei Watanabe, Kiyoshige Katagi, Hiroshi Kanamori, and Ken Sasaki(paper, presentation)
10. “Performance of Modified Cage Wheels in Swampy Peat Soils”, by A. Hendriadi and V. M. Salokhe (paper, presentation)
11. “Effects of Traveling Speed of a Wheel on the Soil Deformation”, by K. Fukami, M. Ueno, K. Hashiguchi, and T. Okayasu (paper, presentation)
12. “Soil Compaction under Pneumatic Tyre over Soft Ground Surface”, by T. Niyamapa And P. Tonsaipetch (paper, presentation)
13. “Changes in Soil Deformation by the Frictional Property of a Wheel with Repetition Travel”, by Masami Ueno, Koichiro Fukami, Koichi Hashiguchi, and Takashi Okayasu (paper, presentation)
14. “Vehicular Traffic Effect on Air Permeability and Groundnut Production in a Semi-Arid Sandy Loam Soil in North-Eastern Nigeria”, by J. O. Ohu, A. Y. Arku, and U. B. Muni (paper, presentation)
15. “Analysis of Lunar Terrain-Wheel System Interaction by DEM”, by H. Fujii, A. Oida, H. Nakashima, M. Momozu, H. Kanamori, and T. Sasaki (paper, presentation)

Track 2. Automation/Computers/Modeling/Instrumentation

1. “Automatic Control of a Forage Harvester”, by A. Stoll and H. D. Kutzbach (paper, presentation)
2. “Artificial Neural Network to Estimate the Interaction between a Wheel and Soil”, by Tatsuo Hiroma, Yoshinobu Ota, and Osamu Oikawa (paper, presentation)
3. “Development of a Computer-Based Controlled Pivot Turn”, by Desrial and Nobutaka Ito (paper, presentation)
4. “Autonomous Guidance System of Agricultural Vehicles”, by Nopporn Patcharaprakiti, Nobutaka Ito, Koji Kito, and Suttichai Premrudeeprechacharn (paper, presentation)
5. “Measurement of Soil Clod Fineness after Rotary Tillage by Machine Vision”, by H. Itoh, A. Oida, H. Nakashima, J. Miyasaka, and T. Izumi (paper, presentation)
6. “Development and Application of a Driving Simulator for Road Traffic Problem”, by Xiong Jian, Zeng Jiguo, and Shui Ruifeng (paper, presentation)
7. “Simulation of Shear Box Test by the Distinct Element Method”, by Masatoshi Momozu, Akira Oida, and Hiroshi Nakashima (paper, presentation)
8. “The Vehicle Dynamics Test Based on Virtual Instrument”, by Li Shixiong and Yu Qun (paper, presentation)
9. “Simulation of Soil Behavior at Subsoiling by the Distinct Element Method”, by Hiroaki Tanaka, Koji Inooku, Osamu Sumikawa, Yuji Nagasaki, Atsushi Okado, and Akira Oida (paper, presentation)
10. “Development of an Excavator Digging Model for a Virtual Reality Type Excavator Simulator”, by Borinara Park, Ron R. Wakefield, and John V. Perumpral (paper, presentation)
11. “Study of Virtual Experiment on Handling Stability of Driver-Vehicle-Environment Closed Loop System Based on Virtual Reality Technology”, by Yin Nian-Dong and Yu Qun (paper, presentation)
12. “The Study of Virtual Experiment System on Vehicle Handling Stability”, by Wang Shufeng and Yu Qun (paper, presentation)
13. “Measurement of Soil Clod Fineness after Rotary Tillage by a Laser Sensor”, by T. Izumi, A. Oida, H. Nakashima, J. Miyasaka, and H. Itoh (paper, presentation)
14. “Modeling and Turning Characteristics of Articulated Tracked Vehicles”, by J. Yamakawa, K. Watanabe, and Y. Yasuda (paper, presentation)
15. “Experimental Study on the Trafficability of a Moon Rover on Lunar Terrain”, by K. Tateyama, K. Haze, H. Kanamori, and T. Sasaki (paper, presentation)

Track 3. Soil-Vehicle-Machine Interactions

1. “Influence of Contact Length of Tracked Vehicle Running on Soft Sandy Terrain”, by Takahisa Shigematsu, Yasunari Kobayashi, and Tatsuro Muro (paper, presentation)
2. “Turning Characteristics of Two-Axle Four-Wheel Vehicle under Traction on Sandy Soft Terrain”, by Takahisa Shigematsu, Tatsuro Muro, Yasukuni Honda, and Tadaomi Eguchi (paper, presentation)
3. “Study on Kinematics and Control Of Path Tracking for Autonomous Locomotion of Articulated Tracked Earth Moving”, by Hiroshi Takahashi, Ken-Ichiro Tokashiki, and Jinichi Yamada (paper, presentation)
4. “Effects on Draft Resistance of Model Blade in Different Working Medium”, by Cui Zhanrong, Li Jianqiao, Li Yinwu, and Ren Luquan (paper, presentation)
5. “Effects on Draft Resistance of Model Blade by Structural Parameters”, by Li Jianqiao, Li Yinwu, Cui Zhanrong, and Ren Luquan (paper, presentation)
6. “Development of the Shield Machine Control Based on Soil-Machine Interaction”, by N. Yingyongrattanakul, K. Tateyama, and T. Utsumi (paper, presentation)
7. “Vehicle Performance in Deep Snow under Late Winter Conditions — Influence of Pressure Distribution along the Track-Snow Contact Length”, by Anders Bodin (paper, presentation)
8. “Vehicle Performance in Deep Snow under Late Winter Conditions — Influence of Belly Configuration”, by Anders Bodin (paper, presentation)
9. “The Effect of Wheel Vibration on Traction — An Investigation using a Single Wheel Tester”, by A. Keen (paper, presentation)

Track 4. Soil- Properties

1. “Evaluation of Subsurface Conditions using the Conventional Bearing Capacity Test”, by Mitsuhiko Mukaitani, Masamichi Hori, and Nobuyuki Kobayashi (paper, presentation)
2. “Cone Resistance Mapping for Investigating Soil Compaction”, by Kazuhiko Ohmiya (paper, presentation)
3. “Analysis of Improving Effects of Soil Trafficability with Geosynthetics”, by K. Kogure, Y. Miyata, D. Suetsugu, and S. Shigehisa (paper, presentation)
4. “Experimental Study on Freezing Adhesion of Coal Dusts”, by Xiaodong Yang, Luquan Ren, and Qian Cong (paper, presentation)
5. “Experimental Investigation for the Bionic Curved Blade in Resistance Reduction against Soil”, by Zhiwu Han, Luquan Ren, Jianqiao Li, and Jin Tong (paper, presentation)
6. “Biotic Nonsmoothness and its Applications”, by Ren Luquan, Li Jianqiao, Tong Jin, and Chen Bingcong (paper, presentation)
7. “Effect of Dry Density of Sandy Soil to Impact Response due to Rockfall”, by Soichiro Kawahara and Tatsuro Muro (paper, presentation)
8. “Theoretical Study on the Performance of Centrifugal Dewatering System”, by Tsutomu Matsuura and Ryoichi Fukagawa (paper, presentation)
9. “A New Method for Estimating Strength Parameters from Cone Penetration Tests”, by Taizo Kobayashi and Ryoichi Fukagawa (paper, presentation)
10. “Effect of Continuous Tractor Traffic for 14 Years on the Physical Properties of a Sandy Loam Soil in North-Eastern Nigeria”, by J. O. Ohu and A. Y. Arku (paper, presentation)
11. “Effect of Plant Roots on Soil Strength”, by M. Shafai-Bajestan and M. Salimi Golsheikhi (paper, presentation)
12. “Tractive Performance of Working Animals: A Review”, by F. W. Fransua and V. M. Salokhe (paper, presentation)