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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | McNitt, Andrew S.;
Landschoot, Peter J.;
Petrukak, Diane M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania |
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| Title: | Evaluation of the playing surface hardness of an infilled synthetic turf system |
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| Section: | General issues
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| Meeting Info.: | Proceedings of the First International Conference on Turfgrass Management and Science for Sports Fields, Athens, Greece, June 2-7, 2003 |
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| Source: | Acta Horticulturae. Vol. 661, November 2004, p. 559-563. |
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| Publishing Information: | The Hague: International Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Surface hardness; Artificial turf; Quality evaluation; Sports turf
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| Trade Names: | SofSport |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "New configurations of synthetic turf, infilled systems, have been introduced into the market place. These infilled systems are comprised of vertical fibers that are much longer than traditional synthetic turf and can be filled with sand and crumb rubber (infill media). The objective of this study was to evaluate the surface hardness of varying configurations of an infilled synthetic turf system called SofSportā¢ under wet and dry conditions. Specifically, we wanted to 1) determine the effect of underlying pad thickness and type, infill media depth, sand sizes, and sand to crumb rubber ratio, on surface hardness as measured by the F355 method and the CIST and 2) compare the F355 method with the CIST to determine if one method is preferred when testing synthetic infill systems. Surface hardness differences between pad thickness and types were small but all pad treatments had lower surface hardness values compared to the no-pad treatments. Infill media depth did not affect surface hardness under dry conditions. Under wet conditions, the 38 mm infill media depth resulted in lower surface hardness than the 25 mm depth. The mixing of sand and crumb rubber infill media resulted in lower surface hardness values than sand or crumb rubber alone. When mixed with crumb rubber, finer sands measured higher in surface hardness than coarser sands. Under the conditions of this study the relationship between the Gmax values generated by the F355 method can be compared to the values generated by the Clegg Impact Soil Tester using the regression equation F355 x 0.66 - 9.3 = Clegg Impact Soil Tester. The regression coefficient for this equation was 0.95 and indicates that the Clegg Impact Soil Tester would be a suitable device to measure the surface hardness of SofSport installations." |
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| ISBN: | 90 6605 306 2 |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 9 |
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| Note: | Tables |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
McNitt, A. S., P. J. Landschoot, and D. M. Petrukak. 2004. Evaluation of the playing surface hardness of an infilled synthetic turf system. Acta Horticulturae. 661:p. 559-563. |
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MSU catalog number: SB 13 .A25 no. 661
MSU catalog number: SB 433 .I55 2003 |
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