FiTraM: A model for automated spatial analyses of wheel load, soil stress and wheel pass frequency at field scale

Cultivated fields are repeatedly affected by the impacts of agricultural machinery. Because the agricultural machines in use have different masses and sizes, however, the traffic-induced load inputs are unequally distributed across a field. Currently, the knowledge about spatial distributions of the amount of wheel passes, loads and stresses by farm vehicles is limited. To-date, no model exists, that will enable automated mapping of the...