The Random Vibrations of the Active Body of the Cultivators

Petru Cardei, Nicolae Constantin, Vergil Muraru (), Catalin Persu, Raluca Sfiru, Nicolae-Valentin Vladut, Nicoleta Ungureanu (), Mihai Matache, Cornelia Muraru-Ionel, Oana-Diana Cristea and Evelin-Anda Laza
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Petru Cardei: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Nicolae Constantin: Department of Biotechnical Systems, Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Vergil Muraru: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Catalin Persu: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Raluca Sfiru: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Nicolae-Valentin Vladut: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Nicoleta Ungureanu: Department of Biotechnical Systems, Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Mihai Matache: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Cornelia Muraru-Ionel: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Oana-Diana Cristea: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania
Evelin-Anda Laza: National Institute of Research—Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry—INMA, 013811 Bucharest, Romania

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-24

Abstract: The article continues the exposition of the results obtained in researching an agricultural machine for processing soil, designed for research with applications including exploitation. The MCLS ( complex machine for soil tillage ) was designed to research the working processes of the instruments intended for soil processing. The MCLS cultivator is a modulated machine (it can work for three working widths: 1, 2, and 4 m, with tractors of different powers) that is designed to use a wide range of working bodies. The experimental data obtained with the structure with a working width of 1 m and the results of their processing within the framework of the theory of random vibrations are presented in this article. The experimental results are analysed as random vibrations of the supports of the active working bodies. As a result, the main characteristics of random vibrations are exposed: the distribution function, the average value, the autocorrelation, and the frequency spectrum. These general results regarding random vibrations are used for several critical applications in the design, execution, and exploitation of some subassemblies and assemblies of agricultural machines of this type. The main applications include estimating the probability of the occurrence of dangerous load peaks, counting and selecting the load peaks that produce fatigue accumulation in the material of the supports of the working bodies, identifying some design deficiencies or defects in the work regime, and estimating the effects of vibrations on the quality of soil processing. All of the outcomes are composed of applications in MCLS research and exploitation. The applications pursue well-known objectives of modelling the working processes of agricultural machines: safety at work, increasing the quality of work, optimising energy consumption, and increasing productivity, all in a broad context to obtain a compromise situation. The material and the method are based on experimental data acquisition, processing, and interpretation.

Keywords: random; vibrations; tillage; tools; complex; cultivator (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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