The Results of Studies on the Assessment of the Destruction of Soil Clods during Combine Harvesting of Potatoes

Alexey Dorokhov, Otari Didmanidze, Alexander Aksenov, Alexey Sibirev (), Nikolay Sazonov, Maxim Mosyakov and Maria Godyaeva
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Alexey Dorokhov: FSBSI “Federal Scientific Agronomic and Engineering Center VIM”, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Otari Didmanidze: FSBSI “Federal Scientific Agronomic and Engineering Center VIM”, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Alexander Aksenov: FSBSI “Federal Scientific Agronomic and Engineering Center VIM”, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Alexey Sibirev: FSBSI “Federal Scientific Agronomic and Engineering Center VIM”, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Nikolay Sazonov: FSBSI “Federal Scientific Agronomic and Engineering Center VIM”, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Maxim Mosyakov: FSBSI “Federal Scientific Agronomic and Engineering Center VIM”, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Maria Godyaeva: FSBSI “Federal Scientific Agronomic and Engineering Center VIM”, 109428 Moscow, Russia

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: Existing potato harvesters cause damage to marketable products as a result of the interaction of potato tubers with each other, with working bodies and soil clods, given the wide variety of soil and climatic conditions in which the harvesting process takes place. In addition, under homogeneous soil and climatic conditions within the same accounting area, there is a large deviation from the average values of the main physical soil constants—moisture and hardness. Field studies were carried out to determine the fractional composition of soil clods, size-mass parameters, as well as their physical and mechanical properties with the identification of the greatest force for their destruction. The article presents a methodology for conducting research to assess the influence of working bodies on the magnitude of the force impact on potato tubers and soil clods during harvesting, a methodology for assessing the dynamic destruction of soil clods. The results of comparative studies of the force impact of the working bodies of modern potato harvesters, which affect the destruction of soil clods, causing damage to potato tubers as a result of their interaction with soil clods are presented.

Keywords: harvesting; force action; potato; working body; harvesting machines; device for assessing the suitability for harvesting (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: 2022
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