EFFECT OF TRANSPLANTER VIBRATION ON PARTICLE MOVEMENT VELOCITY OF SANDY LOAM SOIL BY USING DEM

Abstract

The sandy loam soil has complex movement characteristics during hole formation by hanging cup transplanters. In order to better investigate this point, the paper aims to investigate the disturbance pattern of transplanter vibration on sandy loam soil and the movement characteristics of soil particles by the discrete element method. The vibration characteristics of the transplanter operating on sandy loam soil were tested and analyzed, and the motion law of vibration parameters on sandy loam soil was investigated with the help of the discrete element method and soil bin test. The results showed that the vibration acceleration of the transplanter increased with the forward speed, the primary vibration frequency range was from 0 to 12 Hz, and the vibration amplitude increased linearly in the field of 1.21 to 9.19 mm. The Central Composite test resulted in the regression equations of vibration amplitude and vibration frequency on the average movement velocity of the particles. The response surface analysis showed that the effect of vibration amplitude on the average movement velocity of particles was greater than the effect of vibration frequency on the average movement velocity of particles. At the same time, the average movement velocity of the particles tends to increase significantly under the interaction of the two. This study provides data to support the design of planters for sandy loam soils, which is beneficial to promote seedling transplanting technology further.