Development and evaluation of a device to incorporate biodegradable textiles into sports turfs

Abstract: In Germany, approximately 55,000 soccer pitches are in use regularly. Sport pitches should have a period of use of about 800 h/year regardless of weather conditions. The sandy root zones of the pitches generally need artificial irrigation. This results in excessive water use during drought. The incorporation of a biodegradable textile, further named nonwoven is intended to improve the water availability for the turf cover and elongate the period of usage of standard sport pitches. The present study aims to develop and evaluate a device for the vertical incorporation of a nonwoven 150 mm in height into existing pitches at a maximum depth of 170 mm. The device cuts the turfgrass, opens a slit with a box coulter and incorporates a nonwoven into the root zone layer. An attached pressure roller then recompacts the disturbed surface area. A field trial was conducted to evaluate the device’s variation in working depth and recompaction efficiency, as well as to assess the damage to th.... https://www.landtechnik-online.eu/landtechnik/article/view/3267

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Development and evaluation of a device to incorporate biodegradable textiles into sports turfs ; volume:76 ; number:2 ; day:02 ; month:06 ; year:2021 ; Landtechnik ; 76, Heft 2 (02.06.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bastian Stürmer-Stephan ; Jörg Morhard ; Hans W. Griepentrog

Further information

• DOI: 10.15150/lt.2021.3267
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021063021210374353437
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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