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Evaluating the performance characteristics of mouldboard plough using computer simulation

Authors: Mustafa Ucgul1, Chris Saunders

Research Team: Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre, School of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia

Funded By: GRDC project DAW00244

Project Title: Delivering enhanced agronomic strategies for improved crop performance on water repellent soils in Western Australia

Peer Review: Jack Desbiolles, UniSA

Key Words: mouldboard plough, sands, sandy soils

Key Messages

  • Increasing operating speed from 5-15km/h decreases the depth of top soil burial significantly
  • Increasing ploughing depth beyond 250mm does not have a significant effect on the depth of top soil burial
  • The use of skimmers improves the amount of top burial below 100 mm depth
  • Discrete element method (DEM) is a useful tool to evaluate the mechanics of topsoil burial by mouldboard ploughing
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