Technology Structural Optimisation of a Subsoiler

Structural Optimisation of a Subsoiler

Authors

  • Mehmet Topakci Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
  • Allan Rennie Rennie Lancaster Product Development Unit, Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
  • Huseyin Kursat Celik Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
  • Murad Canakci Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
  • Davut Karayel Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Keywords:

subsoiler, computer aided design, finite element analysis, structural optimisation, weight   reduction

Abstract

 

An experimental study of a subsoiler, used for deep tillage in agricultural fields, was carried out to determine its maximum draft force. The working conditions of the subsoiler were simulated three-dimensionally. The simulation showed that a structural optimisation can be generated on a subsoiler framework body for reducing the weight. New design parameters of the framework were defined and finite element analysis gave an optimised redesign for the subsoiler with the framework weight reduced by approximately 27.62%.

 

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Published

2010-10-25

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 5 (2010): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Technology Structural Optimisation of a Subsoiler: Structural Optimisation of a Subsoiler. (2010). Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 53(5), 281-287. https://www.v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/479