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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Monographic Author(s): | van Wijk, A. L. M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Institute for Land and Water Management Research, Wageningen, Netherlands |
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| Monograph Title: | A Soil Technological Study on Effectuating and Maintaining Adequate Playing Conditions of Grass Sports Fields, 1980. |
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| Publishing Information: | Wagebingen: Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation |
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| # of Pages: | 124 |
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| Collation: | 124 pp. |
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| Series: | Agricultural Research Report No. 903 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soccer fields; Wear; Construction; Drainage; Compaction; Sports turf; Athletic fields; Sports turf construction; Sports turf maintenance; Physical properties of soil; Soil strength; Soil water; Viability; Aeration
Dutch Turfgrass Research Foundation Keywords: 408-C; Outdoor recreation; Soil water; Soil physics; Sports grounds; Playability; PhD thesis
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Playing conditions of grass sports fields have been studied focusing on top layer soil strength meeting the requirements of usage. In a field investigation a reproducable soil strength criterion was found from firmness appraisals and simultaneous measurements of soil strength. From relationships between soil strength and soil water pressure head and bulk density values were derived that limit playing conditions. The incompatibility between top layer compaction required for adequate playing conditions and grass viability has been examined. The oxygen status of grass sports field soils was compared with oxygen diffusion rates and concentrations mentioned in literature to limit grass growth. To interpret the field measurements, oxygen distributions at different oxygen consumption rates for various combinations of top layer and subsoil as well as for different rooting depths were calculated. From laboratory investigations detailed information was obtained about compaction susceptibility of differently composed and wetted sands and about the condition of texture, organic matter, pressure head, bulk density and grass roots to soil strength. To find out best top layer-subsoil-drainage combinations, model research was done. Taking steady-state conditions for soil water flow, the top layer thicknesses required to prevent ponding on differently permeable subsoils were derived. To illustrate the effects of type of top layer, subsoil and drainage on soil water conditions in the top layer, pressure head profiles have been calculated. The same effects have been studied by using an electronic analog that simulates the non-steady-state flow of water in soil. From the simulated course of the pressure head in the top layer, duration and frequency of inadequate playing conditions have been established with the aid of pressure head and density limits obtained from the field and laboratory measurements. Finally, a number of conclusions and recommendations to effectuate and maintain adequate playing conditions of grass sports fields are given." |
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Dutch Turfgrass
Research Foundation
Abstract
(Thanks to DTRF) | Deze studie beoogt bij te dragen aan de kennis van die eigenschappen en processen in toplaag en ondergrond die de bespeelbaarheid van sportvelden op meer directe wijze bepalen. Er werd gekozen voor een bodemfysische, grondmechanische, hydrologische benadering van de bespeelbaarheid, waarbij de mechanische sterkte van de toplaag centraal stond Het onderzoek betrof voetbalvelden en bestond uit een inventariserend deel uitgevoerd in het veld, een analyserend deel berustend op laboratoriumwaarnemingen en een modelonderzoek dat behalve een analyserend ook een generaliserend karakter had. |
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Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Turf management; Athletic fields; Soils -- Testing |
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| ISBN: | 902200743X |
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| ISBN-13: | 9789022007433 |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 133 |
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| Note: | Ph.D. Dissertation: Landbouwhogeschool te Wageningen
Spine title: Playing Conditions of Grass Sports Fields
Includes summaries in English and Dutch
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| Beard Section Heading: | Turfgrass research publications: Individual major turfgrass research publications: Turfgrass soils |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
van Wijk, A. L. M. 1980. A Soil Technological Study on Effectuating and Maintaining Adequate Playing Conditions of Grass Sports Fields. 124 pp. Wagebingen: Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation. |
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