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Table 11 Wind farm worksheet input parameters

From: Design of local roadway infrastructure to service sustainable energy facilities

Parameter

Default value

Comments

Number of turbines

User input

The number of wind turbines to be installed.

Soil CBR

User input

CBR is converted to resilient modulus (MR) using Equation 4.

Tire contact area (cm2/tire)

1,935

This value could be obtained from the manufacturer. One thousand nine hundred square centimeters was used for dual-tire configurations [72, 73].

Maximum load per tire (kg)

4,536

Only construction loads are considered.