Method of variational calculation of influence of the propulsion plants of forestry machines upon the frozen and thawing soil grounds

• Main Authors: Rudov, S., Grigorev, I., Kunickaya, O., Ivanov, N., Kremleva, L., Mueller, O., Hertz, E. F., Chemshikova, Y., Teterevleva, E., Knyazev, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Science and Engineering Research Support Society 2019
• Subjects: CRYOLITHOZONE; FOREST; STRESS TENSOR COMPONENTS; VARIATIONAL CALCULATION; permafrost
• Online Access: https://elar.usfeu.ru/handle/123456789/9344

The forests, which grow in the conditions of complete expansion of the perpetually frozen ground, are unique forests in accordance with their taxational characteristics, quality indicators of the felled timber, and the ecological functions, which these forests perform in the nature. They are characterised by the low biological productivity, as well as by the high vulnerability due to climatological changes and human economic activities. It is fair to say that conservation of the permafrost is one of the main functions of the forests, which grow within the cryolithozone. Because of this, it is necessary to ensure special regimes for the forestry management and forest exploitation within the forests of the cryolithozone. We formulated the variational problem in order to determine influence of the changeability of the physical and mechanical properties of the thawing soil ground at the boundary with the permafrost ground. © 2019 SERSC.