fuel_cons_road_maintenance {care4cmodel}

Annual Fuel Consumption for Truck Road Network Maintenance

Description

Estimate the annual diesel fuel consumption per ha for maintaining an existing truck road network in the forest. Estimate based on Enache and Stampfer (2015).

Usage

fuel_cons_road_maintenance(frd)

Arguments

frd

Forest road density in m/ha

Value

Diesel fuel consumption for truck road network maintenance in l/ha/year

References

Enache A, Stampfer K (2015). “Machine utilization rates, energy requirements and greenhouse gas emissions of forest road construction and maintenance in Romanian mountain forests.” Journal of Green Engineering, 4(4), 325–350.

Examples

  frd <- c(15, 30, 60, 100)
  fuel_cons_road_maintenance(frd)