Soil disturbance and cutting force are two of the most common performance indicators for soil-engaging tools. In this study the interaction of two soil-engaging tools (a disc opener for fertilizer banding and a hoe opener from an air drill) with soil were modeled using Particle Flow Code in Three Dimensions (PFC3D), a discrete element modeling software. When comparing the disc model to the experiment results, the relative error was 11% for the average soil throw, 1.9% for the average draft force, and 51% for the average vertical force. Results from the soil-hoe model showed a relative error of 15% between the simulated soil throw and the measured one. In conclusion, both the soil-disc and soil-hoe models could simulate the selected soil dynamic properties (except for the vertical forces of the disc opener) with a reasonably good accuracy, considering the highly variable nature of the soil. / October 2016
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/31735 |
| Date | 14 September 2016 |
| Creators | Murray, Steven |
| Contributors | Chen, Ying (Biosystems Engineering), Akinremi, Wole (Soil Science) Lague, Claude (University of Ottawa) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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