THE PEAT SWAMP -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO PEAT SWAMP: INTRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC VALUES -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE PEAT SWAMP -- 1. THE PEAT SWAMP -- 1.1. Importance of Peat Swamp -- 1.2. Functions and Values of Peatlands -- 1.3. Engineering Significance of Peat -- 1.5. Ecological Impact of Agricultural on Peat Land -- 1.5.1. Estimate of Net Emissions -- 1.5.2. In Situ CO2 Measurement -- 1.6. Drainage of Peat Land -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF PEAT -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. OPERATION OF PEAT LAND -- 2.3. COMMUNITIES INVOLVEMENT -- 2.4. UTILIZATION OF PEATLAND -- 2.4.1. Sago Cultivation -- 2.4.2. Utilization of Peat Forest -- 2.4.3. Utilization of Rivers -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 ECONOMIC VALUE OF PEAT LAND -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. ECONOMIC VALUE OF PEAT SWAMP FORESTS -- 3.3. DIRECT USE VALUE OF PEAT LAND -- 3.3.1. Agricultural Production Functions -- 3.3.2. Direct Extractive Use of Biodiversity in Peat Land -- 3.3.3. Storage and Sequestration of Carbon -- 3.4. INDIRECT USE OF PEAT LAND -- 3.5. NON-USE VALUES OF PEAT LAND -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART 2: TRAFICABILITY (MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICE) -- Chapter 4 TRAFICABILITY OF PEAT -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. DRAINAGE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF CANALS -- 4.3. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEAT LAND -- 4.3. ACIDITY (PH) OF PEAT SOIL BY MICROBIAL TREATMENT -- 4.3. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PEAT SWAMP -- 4.3.1. Deformation Characteristics of Peat -- Compression Index (Cc) -- Void Ratio with Liquid Limit and Natural Water Content -- 4.3.2. Surface Mat Stiffness and Underlying Stiffness of Peat -- 4.3.3. Moisture Content and Bulk Density -- 4.3.4. Natural Unit Weight.

4.4. COHESIVENESS, INTERNAL FRICTION ANGLE AND SHEAR DEFORMATION MODULUS -- 4.5. IN-SITU SHEARING STRENGTH -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART 3: MECHANIZATION: WHEELED VEHICLE, TRACKED VEHICLE AND INTELLIGENT AIR-CUSHION TRACKED VEHICLE -- Chapter 5 MECHANIZATION OF PEAT SWAMP -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 6 WHEEDED VEHICLE FOR HIGHLAND PEAT -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. TRACTION MECHANICS -- Slippage -- Load Distribution -- Traction Force -- Motion Resistance -- 6.3. TRACTIVE PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION -- 6.3.1. Tractive Performance Investigation - Theoretically -- 6.3.2. Tractive Performance Investigation: Experimentally -- 6.4. MATHEMATICAL MODEL VALIDITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 TRACKED VEHICLE FOR MODERATE PEAT TERRAIN -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. TRACTION MECHANICS OF TRACK VEHICLE -- 7.2.1. Straight Motion -- 7.2.2. Traction Mechanics for Turning Motion -- 4. TRACTIVE PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION -- 7.4.1. Tractive Performance Investigation - Experimentally -- 7.4.2. Result Interpretation: Statistical Analysis -- 7.5. CHAPTER CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION -- 7.5.1. Conclusions -- 7.5.2. Recommendations -- 7.6. VEHICLE LIMITATIONS -- NOTATION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 INTELLIGENT TRACKED VEHICLE FOR WORST PEAT SWAMP -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. TRACTION MECHANICS -- Assumptions of the Development of Intelligent Air-cushion Tracked Vehicle -- 8.2.1. Sinkage -- 8.2.2. Traction Force -- 8.2.3. Motion Resistance -- 8.3. INTELLIGENT AIR-CUSHION SYSTEM -- 8.4. STUDY OF LOAD DISTRIBUTION RATIO -- 8.5 DESCRIPTION OF INTELLIGENT AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT -- 8.6. VEHICLE PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION -- 8.6.1. Laboratory Experiment without Intelligent System -- 8.6.2. Field Experiment without Intelligent System -- 8.7. VEHICLE PERFROMANCE PREDICTION: FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH -- 8.7.1. Prediction of Air Flow Rate.

8.7.2. Prediction of Vehicle Tractive Performance -- 8.8. MODEL VALIDITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 SEMI-WHEELED TRACKED VEHICLE: "HIGHLAND AND MODERATE PEAT" -- 9.1. INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. TRACTION MECHANICS -- 9.2.1. Traction Force -- 9.2.2. Motion Resistance -- Chapter 10 RELEVANT PEAT VEHICLE IN MALAYSIA -- 10.1. INTRODUCTION -- 10.2. PEAT TRACTOR PROTOTYPE -- 10.2. MALTRAK -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.