Operability of Skidding Trails and Technological Corridors on Permafrost

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https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2025-5-120-132

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forests on the slopes, forests on permafrost, rutting, timber skidding technological parameters, development of mountain cutting areas, efficiency of skidding trails

Abstract

The area occupied by permafrost in the Russian Federation is more than 10 million km2, or over 60 % of the entire territory of the country. Permafrost in Siberia and the Far East extends far to the south, and spreads over more than 30 % of the forested lands of our country. The forest plantations growing here belong to the boreal coniferous forests, which contain large reserves of valuable mature and overmature forests. A significant portion of them is located on highly rugged terrain, classified as steep and very steep slopes. As an example, southern Yakutia is characterized by large reserves of mature and overmature plantations, while located on the slopes of the Verkhoyansk Ridge, the Aldan Highlands, etc. The regulatory documentation in the field of forest management prohibits the development of cutting areas on permafrost during the warm season. But in addition to the basic logging operations in forest plantations, it is necessary to carry out various forestry activities (maintenance, sanitary, fire-preventive), as well as clearing of cutting areas, etc., which are performed only during the snow-free period using forestry machinery. In this regard, there is a need to find a model to support the adoption of organizational and technological decisions on the placement and operation of primary transport routes in such natural and industrial conditions in order to minimize the negative impact of forestry machinery propellers on soils. It should be taken into account that, despite the general conditions of permafrost, the geotechnical factors of the slopes can vary quite significantly. First of all, this is associated with the inclination of the slope plane to the horizon line, the moisture content of the soil, the inclination of the anisotropy plane and the dilatancy of the soil to the slope plane. The results of theoretical analysis of the influence of geotechnical factors and parameters of a forestry machine on the degree of impact of its propeller on the soils of cutting areas on the slopes are presented.

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Author Biographies

Vladimir Ya. Shapiro, Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical University named after S.M. Kirov

Doctor of Engineering, Prof.; ResearcherID: AAC-9658-2020

Olga A. Kunitskaya, Arctic State Agrotechnological University

Doctor of Engineering, Prof.; ResearcherID: AAC-9568-2020

Vitalii A. Kalyashov, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Candidate of Engineering; ResearcherID: ABA-9692-2021

Ilya S. Dolzhikov, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Candidate of Engineering;

Varvara P. Druzyanova, North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov

Doctor of Engineering, Prof.; ResearcherID: AAG-2463-2019

Evgeny A. Tikhonov, Petrozavodsk State University

Doctor of Engineering, Assoc. Prof.; ResearcherID: E-9342-2014

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Published

2025-10-28

How to Cite

Shapiro В., Kunitskaya О., Kalyashov В., Dolzhikov И., Druzyanova В., and Tikhonov Е. “Operability of Skidding Trails and Technological Corridors on Permafrost”. Lesnoy Zhurnal (Forestry Journal), no. 5, Oct. 2025, pp. 120-32, doi:10.37482/0536-1036-2025-5-120-132.

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TECHNOLOGIES, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT IN FOREST MANAGEMENT AND WOOD PROCESSING

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