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Determination of the fielD Performances of Different tyPes of chisel legs

2012

Gulsoylu, E., E. Cakir, E. aykas, H. y alCin, B. Cakmak and a. Cay, 2012. Determination of the field performances of different types of chisel legs. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 18: 794-800 The objective of this study was to determine the working parameters of conventional chisel (Chisel C) and two new designed and manufactured chisel models (Chisels A and B) as an alternative to the conventional chisel. For this purpose; fuel consumptions, work efficiency and draft of 7 shank chisels were determined at 17 cm and 27 cm working depths and 5 km h -1 and 6 km h -1 theoretical working speeds in field conditions. In addition to working parameters, soil penetration resistance and dry bulk volume of weight were measured before and after the tillage to examine the effects of chisels on the physical parameters of the soil. According to the results, conventional model chisel C had the lowest performance with high draft of 16.25 kN, the lowest working capacity of 6.83 ha h -1 and the highest fuel con...

An experimental investigation into the force mechanics and resulting soil disturbance of mole ploughs

Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 1981

The magnitude of the forces on the foot and leg of a mole plough are presented for a wide range of soils together with the effects of the expander, sliding beam, forward speed and leg rake angle. The use of a shallower preliminary treatment prior to moling at the normal depth to minimize traction requirement is considered and a method of optimizing the working depth for the shallow treatment given. The use of wings to increase soil cracking is investigated. The nature of the soil disturbance is explained by reference to the type of soil failure which is controlled by implement geometry, depth of operation and soil condition.

Performance Evaluation of A Chisel Plow in Heavy Clay Soil of Central Sudan

University of Khartoum Engineering Journal, 2016

This paper presents experimental study of the performance of chisel plow under conditions of central irrigated Schemes. The research was conducted in the Gezira irrigated Scheme at Experimental Field of Gezira University. Mounted 3-rows chisel plows mark RAU and 75 hp Massey Fergusson (GIAD) tractor were used in the experiment. The performance of chisel plow was evaluated by parameters, which included: losses of chiseling process (uncut area); aggregate size distribution; bulk density; soil moisture content; control of weeds and residues; degree of soil surface evenness; draft requirement; fuel consumption; and field capacity. Each of these parameter studied dependent of two parameters: working speed and depth of cut. A loss of uncut areas at critical depth was found to be 12%. The failure zone and overlap area was found to be 31.4 x 11 cm and 0.02 m 2 respectively. The later was dependent of the depth. Losses of plowed area were increased to 23% and 31% when depth was increased to...

Experimental model to estimate draught force for mouldboard ploughs; incorporating effects of plough geometric parameters

2013

Full Length Research Article Several models have been proposed in literature to calculate agricultural tools draught force for ploughing. These models generally disregard the geometrical characteristic of active surfaces of working parts. For this reason, tests on channel of traction were carried out to check the validity of two models frequently used, namely those of Gorjachkin and Gee Clough. Results obtained show that for the same form and similar work conditions, the efforts were different from one model to another. Tests were also carried out on two active forms of surfaces. Draught force calculated using separately; one of these two models gave the same results for two different surfaces. Whereas, the values determined on channel were significantly different from one form to another. This paper proposes a more universal model that connects draught force with soil state and especially, geometrical characteristics of active surfaces. The model established by Amara in 2009; using...

Draught and vertical forces obtained from dynamic soil cutting by plane tillage tools

Soil and Tillage Research, 1998

An understanding of the relationship between tool forces and speed is important in evolving management strategies for optimum performance. The effect of speed on tillage tool forces were studied experimentally for wide (width25.4 cm, depth15 cm) and narrow (width5.1 cm, depth22.9 cm) plane tillage blades operating in a Dystric Fluvisol (silty sand texture) in a soil bin. The tools were tested at two depths (10 cm and 15 cm for wide blade, 11.4 cm and 22.9 cm for narrow blade), two rake angles (458 and 908) and eight speed levels (0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75 and 2.00 m/s). The variables were combined in a 2Â2Â8 factorial experiment with three replications. The performance of three theoretical models based on the trial wedge approach in predicting the experimental results was evaluated. The ®rst model (Model 1), based on Soehne's approach (with modi®cation for the threedimensional analysis) assumes that the soil fails in a series of shear planes, forming a wedge that is trapezoidal in shape. The equilibrium of the wedge boundary forces produce the force required for failure. The second model (Model 2), based on Mckyes' approach assumes that soil failure is by the formation of a centre wedge¯anked by two side crescents. Equilibrium of the boundary forces on the wedge and crescents produce the forces as a function of an unknown failure angle which is obtained by minimizing the weight component of the total force. Model 3, based on Perumpral's approach assumes the same failure wedge as Model 2 but the total cutting force is minimized instead. Experimental results show that the tool force (draught and vertical force) is a function of the speed and the square of speed whereas the three models assume it to be a function of the square of speed only. The models were not very accurate in predicting the experimental results. The average percent deviation of the predicted forces from the observed values were 43%, 40% and 66% for Models 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Thus, Model 2 had more general agreement with experimental observations. The models were better in predicting the forces (draught and vertical force) for the narrow tool with average percent deviations of 33%, 28% and 46% for Models 1, 2 and 3, respectively, as compared to 53%, 51% and 85% for the wide blade.

The Effect of Geometry and Motion Characteristics of Narrow Tillage Tool on Soil Disturbance Efficiency

2011

Tillage operation is one of the most energy – consumer operations in the process of crop production. Narrow tillage tools are vastly used in chisel plow, field cultivators, and subsoilers. Many efforts have been done to apply narrow tillage tools at suitable condition to minimize energy consumption and maximize soil disturbance efficiency. The present study was conducted to observe the effects of aspect ratio, rake angle and speed on draft and vertical forces, soil disturbed area and soil loosening efficiency. The effects of blade rake angle (at four levels 10, 15, 20 and 25 deg), travel speed (at three levels 1.5, 3 and 4.5 km/h) and aspect ratio (at three levels 1.5, 2 and 3) on draft and vertical reaction forces of the Chisel Plow were investigated. Experiments were conducted in loamy soil with 14% moisture. Results revealed that in 5 and 10 cm blade width the effects of aspect ratio, rake angle and speed on draft and vertical forces, soil disturbed area and soil loosening effici...

Performance Evaluation of Vertical Rotary Plough

Journal of Scientific Research and Reports, 2017

A rotary plough is an agricultural implement, popularly used to reduce the amount of time and labour spent in soil preparation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance evaluation of vertical rotary plough on fallow and cultivated land. The observed experimental are: moisture content of soil, bulk density of soil, cone index, soil mean weight diameter, wheel sleep, theoretical field capacity, effective field capacity, field efficiency, fuel consumption and weeding efficiency. Result were: soil moisture content 8.19% and 11.74%, bulk density of soil 1.99 gm/cm³ and 1.90 gm/cm³, cone index 0.236 kg/cm² and 0.144 kg/cm², soil mean weight diameters 4.17 mm and 3.86 mm, fuel consumption 6.30 l/hr and 5.76 l/hr, field capacities 0.17 ha/hr and 0.23 ha/hr and field efficiency 71.53% and 82.14% in case of fallow land and cultivated land respectively. It shows that the time required for rotary plough operation in fallow land was more than the time required for the cultivated land.

Influence of tillage depth, penetration angle and forward speed on the soil/thin-blade interaction force

Agricultural Engineering International: The CIGR Journal, 2014

In this study, an experimental investigation regarding the influence of three independent variables including tillage depth (10, 15, 20 cm), angle of attack (60, 75, 90 degrees) and forward speed (0.5, 1, 1.35, 1.7 m/s) on draft force of a thin blade is presented. Chisel plow in this research was constructed in two furrows with a blade width of 3 cm and a maximum depth of 25 cm (the distance between two blades was 1 m). Some changes were made in the chassis of the chisel plow in order to obtain different attack angle of the blade. The experimental work was then complemented with a new theoretical model for predicting the blade force using dimensional analysis method. The final expression for estimating the pull resistance is as a function of several soil engineering properties (soil bulk density, soil adhesion and cohesion coefficients), blade parameters (blade width and blade rake angle) and operational conditions (tillage depth and forward speed). Finally constants of the model we...

Effect of soil forces on the surface of moldboard plow under different working conditions

Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science

The study was conducted to investigate the effect of forces on the surface of moldboard plow (model: 1LE – 435) at three angles (65°, 75°, 90°), three depths (15cm, 20cm and 25 cm) and three moisture contents (21%, 24% and 27%) and variable on soil bin, while the forward speed of plow was kept constant (2 km/hr). In total 11 sensors were fixed on the surface of different parts of plow to measure draft forces applied on the surface of plow. Results revealed that the maximum force was observed at 90° angle, which decreased with the decreasing angles. It was also observed that varying angles have considerable effect on the width of cut. The maximum soil forces were exerted on the share of plow at all angles, while minimum force was observed on the curvature of plow. The effect of different moisture content, working depths and rake angle were significant (P<0.01). It was also observed that moisture content has inverse relation with soil forces while depth has direct relation with soi...