Mohammad Yousefi; Seyed Reza Mousavi Seyedi; Mohammad Askari
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Soil-wheel interaction is very attractive topic for agricultural researchers for its effect on the energy consumption and soil properties especially in agriculture. The purpose of this research is measuring soil-wheel contact area under the effect of independent variables of vertical load on the tire, ...
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Soil-wheel interaction is very attractive topic for agricultural researchers for its effect on the energy consumption and soil properties especially in agriculture. The purpose of this research is measuring soil-wheel contact area under the effect of independent variables of vertical load on the tire, tire inflation pressure and tire forward speed at controlled condition of soil bin also its prediction using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system. The tests were accomplished at two forward speeds (0.386 and 0.879 km/h), three inflation pressures (18, 25 and 32 psi), three vertical loads (150, 300 and 450 kg) plus 3 replications and totally 54 passes. All data analysis was done using Genstat software. Results showed that increase of vertical load on the wheel caused to increase of soil-wheel contact area and increment of inflation pressure caused to decrease of it. Low forward speed had not effect on the soil-wheel contact area. Furthermore, correlation coefficient (R2) of ANFIS models (0.9182) was very more than regression one (0.359). Thus, ANFIS models could predict the soil-wheel contact area with high accuracy using measured input variables included vertical load, tire inflation pressure and forward speed at soil bin.
Mohammad Askari; Gholamhosein Shahgholi; Yousef Abbaspour-Gilandeh
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In this research, horizontal, vertical and side forces on a single bentleg plow (SBLP) and a double bentleg plow (DBLP) at four forward speeds of 1.8, 2.3, 2.9 and 3.5 kmh-1 and at the constant depth of 40 cm was evaluated. The experiment was arranged in the randomized complete block design with four ...
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In this research, horizontal, vertical and side forces on a single bentleg plow (SBLP) and a double bentleg plow (DBLP) at four forward speeds of 1.8, 2.3, 2.9 and 3.5 kmh-1 and at the constant depth of 40 cm was evaluated. The experiment was arranged in the randomized complete block design with four replications. In each experiment, three perpendicular soil forces were measured and recorded. Results showed that increasing forward speed from 1.8 to 3.5 kmh-1 resulted in increasing horizontal, vertical and side forces by 14, 3.5 and 1% for SBLP and 13, 1.2 and 11.5% for DBLP, respectively. Other results indicated that horizontal force for DBLP was more than twice of that for SBLP. The vertical force was lower for SBLP but it was not more than half that of DBLP and the side force for DBLP was very less than that for SBLP. Generally, using the DBLP increases tine penetration and decreases side force which leads to balanced operation of the subsoiler and tractor and therefore recommended.
Mohammad Askari; Yousef Abbaspour-Gilandeh
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In this research, the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system was used for predicting the imposed forces on the tines and tractor fuel consumption during subsoiling operation. The draft and vertical forces imposed on subsoiling tines and tractor fuel consumption were measured under the effect of tine type ...
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In this research, the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system was used for predicting the imposed forces on the tines and tractor fuel consumption during subsoiling operation. The draft and vertical forces imposed on subsoiling tines and tractor fuel consumption were measured under the effect of tine type (subsoiler and paraplow), tillage depth (30, 40 and 50 cm) and forward speed (1.8, 2.3, 2.9 and 3.5 km/h). The field data were used to create the regression and ANFIS models for predicting the studied parameters; the results obtained from applying two models were compared with each other. The field results showed that all independent variables were effective on the studied parameters. Increase in forward speed and tillage depth resulted increase in draft force, vertical forces, and also fuel consumption. Moreover, from the point of consumption of fuel, the paraplow tine was more profitable than subsoiler tine. The results of ANFIS part showed that draft force, vertical force, and fuel consumption, the membership functions of Gaussmf, Trimf and dsigmf, with the mean square error of 0.0156, 0.0231 and 0.0212 also correlation coefficient of 0.999, 0.989 and 0.991, respectively, were the best models for prediction. ANFIS models were found more accurate than regression models, and it could be possible to calculate the model outlet for a special inlet using ANFIS outlet surfaces.
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The current research investigated the draft force, soil disturbance area, specific draft, tractor fuel consumption, slippage of drive wheels, drawbar power, traction efficiency, and overall energy efficiency of subsoiling. The effects of forward speed (1.8, 2.3, 2.9 and 3.5 km/h) and depth (40 ...
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The current research investigated the draft force, soil disturbance area, specific draft, tractor fuel consumption, slippage of drive wheels, drawbar power, traction efficiency, and overall energy efficiency of subsoiling. The effects of forward speed (1.8, 2.3, 2.9 and 3.5 km/h) and depth (40 and 50 cm) on these parameters were evaluated using a randomized complete block design. An increase in forward speed increased draft force by 7%, specific draft by 15.4%, fuel consumption by 10%, wheel slippage by 2.9%, drawbar power by 108.3%, and overall energy efficiency by 6% and decreased soil disturbance area by 7.2% and traction efficiency 10%. Increasing the subsoiling depth increased the draft force by 21.3%, soil disturbance area by 25.6%, fuel consumption by 39.6%, wheel slippage by 2.8%, and drawbar power by 21.4% and decreased specific draft by 3.4%, traction efficiency by 6.7%, and overall energy efficiency by 1.4%. The most efficient operating settings were a working depth of 40 cm with a forward speed of 2.9 km/h.
