Calibration of Ramie Stalk Contact Parameters Based on the Discrete Element Method

Yao Hu, Wei Xiang, Yiping Duan, Bo Yan, Lan Ma, Jiajie Liu and Jiangnan Lyu ()
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Yao Hu: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China
Wei Xiang: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China
Yiping Duan: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China
Bo Yan: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China
Lan Ma: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China
Jiajie Liu: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China
Jiangnan Lyu: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410205, China

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-32

Abstract: To obtain the physical parameters and contact parameters of ramie stalk decorticating simulation, the structural dimensions, density, moisture content, elastic modulus, and contact parameters of the ramie stalk were measured in this study based on the phloem and xylem of the ramie stalk. The physical stacking angles of the phloem and xylem were measured by the cylinder lift method and the extraction of the partition method, respectively. The contact parameters between the xylem and phloem of the ramie stalk were directly calibrated. Additionally, the contact parameters of the phloem–phloem, phloem–Q235A steel, xylem–xylem, and xylem–Q235A steel were used as calibration objects, and the simulated stacking angle was used as the evaluation index. Then, the Plackett–Burman test was designed to screen for the parameters which were significantly affecting the simulated stacking angle. Furthermore, the steepest ascent test determined the optimal range of values for two significant parameters of the phloem and three significant parameters of the xylem. Based on the central composite design, the second-order regression equations between the significant parameters of the phloem and xylem and the stacking angle were established, respectively. The physical stacking angles of 37.93° for phloem and 27.17° for xylem were the target values to obtain the optimal parameter group. The results showed that the restitution, static, and rolling friction coefficients between the xylem and phloem were 0.60, 0.53, and 0.021, respectively. The static and rolling friction coefficients between the phloem and phloem were 0.41 and 0.056, respectively. The rolling friction coefficient between the xylem and Q235A steel was 0.033, and the static and rolling friction coefficients between the xylem and xylem were 0.44 and 0.016, respectively. The verification test showed that the relative error values were less than 2.11%, which further indicated that the modeling method and parameter calibration of the ramie stalk phloem and xylem models were accurate and reliable. They can be used for the subsequent calibration simulation tests of ramie stalk bonding parameters and ramie stalk decorticating simulations.

Keywords: ramie stalk; discrete element method (DEM); parameter calibration; stacking angle; contact parameters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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