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when excavated, a soil increases in ______________due to loosened soil grains
and void spaces filled with air - ANSWER -volume
when a soil is ____________, some of the air is forced out of the soil's void spaces
- ANSWER -compacted
Total Resistance= - ANSWER -grading resistance +rolling resistance
Total Effective Grade= - ANSWER -
Moister content calculation - ANSWER -(wet weight - dry weight) / dry weight
Speed - ANSWER -affects cycle time
Cycle time - ANSWER -drives production
Production - ANSWER -determines cost
Grade Resistance Factor= - ANSWER -(20 lb/tn) * (%grade)
Coefficient of traction - ANSWER -the ratio between the maximum amount of
pull a machine exerts before slippage and the totalweight on the drivers
Usable Force - ANSWER -(coefficient of traction) * (weight on powered running
gear)
Typical soil Volume ChangeDuring Earthmoving? - ANSWER -Bank 1.0
Loose 1.25
Compacted 0.90
the primary factors thatdetermine the power available at the drive wheels
(drawbar) of a machine are? - ANSWER -Engine horsepower and operating gear
Maximum usable tractive force= - ANSWER -=F x CT (F= load on drive axles in
pounds- CT = coefficient of traction)