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Review of Discrete Element Method Simulations of Soil Tillage and Furrow Opening
Agriculture, Vol.13(3), 541
23/02/2023
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Abstract
In agricultural machinery design and optimization, the discrete element method (DEM) has played a major role due to its ability to speed up the design and manufacturing process by reducing multiple prototyping, testing, and evaluation under experimental conditions. In the field of soil dynamics, DEM has been mainly applied in the design and optimization of soil-engaging tools, especially tillage tools and furrow openers. This numerical method is able to capture the dynamic and bulk behaviour of soils and soil–tool interactions. This review focused on the various aspects of the application of DEM in the simulation of tillage and furrow opening for tool design optimization. Different contact models, particle sizes and shapes, and calibration techniques for determining input parameters for tillage and furrow opening research have been reviewed. Discrete element method predictions of furrow profiles, disturbed soil surface profiles, soil failure, loosening, disturbance parameters, reaction forces, and the various types of soils modelled with DEM have also been highlighted. This pool of information consolidates existing working approaches used in prior studies and helps to identify knowledge gaps which, if addressed, will advance the current soil dynamics modelling capability.
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- Title
- Review of Discrete Element Method Simulations of Soil Tillage and Furrow Opening
- Creators
- Kojo Atta Aikins (Corresponding Author) - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyMustafa Ucgul - Southern Cross UniversityJames B BarrEmmanuel Awuah - Nanjing Agricultural UniversityDiogenes L Antille - University of Southern QueenslandTroy A Jensen - University of Southern QueenslandJacky M. A. Desbiolles - University of South Australia
- Publication Details
- Agriculture, Vol.13(3), 541
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Identifiers
- 991013089812902368
- Copyright
- © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article