The mechanism of resistance-reducing/anti-adhesion and its application on biomimetic disc furrow opener

Sun, Jiyu, Wang, Yueming, Zhang, Shujun ORCID: 0000-0001-5699-2676, Ma, Yunhai, Tong, Jin and Zhang, Zhijun (2020) The mechanism of resistance-reducing/anti-adhesion and its application on biomimetic disc furrow opener. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 17 (5). pp. 4657-4677. doi:10.3934/mbe.2020256.

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Abstract

The black soil of Northeast China is sticky and agglomerates easily, which often adheres to the surface of a traditional furrow opener during the furrowing process. In this paper, biomimetic design principles in resistance-reducing, anti-adhesion and resistance-reducing mechanism of biomimetic disc furrow opener were studied. Nine kinds of singular convex hull, nine kinds of singular wedge and nine kinds of mixed convex hull and wedge structural biomimetic disc furrow opener were designed, and the furrowing process with the soil simulated by finite element method (FEM). Three types of biomimetic disc furrow opener with less resistance were manufactured by laser processing for comparative test in soil bin based on the simulation results. The test results showed that the resistance of the biomimetic disc furrow opener was less than that of the ordinary disc. The soil-disc stress, influence of biomimetic structures, moisture content and furrow speeds on resistance were discussed. The resistance-reducing rate of D-BC-3 reached the maximum value 15.36% at the furrow speed of 0.6 m/s and the soil moisture content of 20%. It is believed that the biomimetic design principles can provide the significant inspirations for the future design of disc furrow opener with drag reduction.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Biomimetic; Disc Furrow Opener; Resistance-Reducing; Optimal Design
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences
Research Priority Areas:	Applied Business & Technology
Depositing User:	Kate Greenaway
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2020 13:12
Last Modified:	31 Aug 2023 08:01
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/8796

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