scholarly journals Analysis of mechanical properties of agricultural products for development of a multipurpose vegetable cutting machine

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-440
Author(s):  
Jeong Gil Park ◽  
Hyun Mo Jung ◽  
Bum Seok Kang ◽  
Seong Kyu Mun ◽  
Seung Hun Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Cutting Machine

scholarly journals An evaluation of the physical, dynamic and aerodynamic properties of olives

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 48-55
Author(s):  
Abbas Akbarnia ◽  
Mahdi Rashvand
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Test Material ◽  
Mechanical Sensitivity ◽  
Aerodynamic Properties ◽  
Sphericity Index ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Power And Energy

The determination of the physical and mechanical properties of agricultural products has always been considered as the basis for the design and fabrication of transmission, grading, and processing equipment for agricultural products. Due to the increasing production of olives and the foreign exchange earnings from its trade, the mechanisation of harvesting and processing operations is inevitable. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the physical, dynamic and aerodynamic properties of olive species in order to design and fabricate an olive oiling machine. In this research, four species of olives, namely the Manzanilla, Kalamata, Fishemi, and Oily, were used. The physical properties of the samples were completely different. The mean dimensions of the Manzanilla species are the largest and the Oily is smallest and were the inverse in relation to the sphericity index. To determine the mechanical properties of the samples, the test material was used at a speed of 8 mm·min–1. The results showed that the maximum and minimum power and energy of rupture were allocated to the Manzanilla and Oily species, respectively. The Oily samples have the most mechanical sensitivity when compared to the other samples. The aerodynamic properties of the olive species were measured using a wind tunnel. The highest velocity and drag coefficient were assigned to the Oily sample and the lowest values were assigned to the Kalamata sample.

scholarly journals Effect of moisture and region of cut on cassava stalk properties in biomass applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaewwinud Nisanath ◽  
Khokhajaikiat Porntep ◽  
Boonma Apichart
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Shearing Stress ◽  
Moisture Contents ◽  
Cutting Machine ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Parameter Values ◽  
Different Levels

In an attempt to investigate the potential of using cassava stalk as a biomass material and determine the design requirements for developing a cutting machine, this study aims to investigate physical and mechanical properties of cassavas stalk, under the influence of moisture content and region of cut using statistical techniques. Moisture contents were ranged into three different levels; 54.19, 43.05 and 24.93% wet basis (w.b.) while cutting regions were classified as top (tip of cassava stalk), middle and bottom. Mechanical properties were represented by shearing stress. Physical properties, on the other hand, were represented by length, diameter, and mass. By decreasing moisture levels, all parameter values were reduced, except shearing stress. Moreover, it was found that shearing stress increased when lowering the cutting line. Maximum and minimum shearing stress occurred at bottom and top regions of the stalk, respectively. Most importantly, moisture content and region of cut both had a significant influence (P < 0.05) on shearing stress, although the latter had much larger impact.

scholarly journals Algorithmic model for choosing configuration parameters for robotic gripping of agricultural products

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
D.K. Wu ◽  
◽  
A.L. Ronzhin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Weight Density ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
Labor Safety ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Algorithmic Model ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits

The solution to the problem of automating the process of collecting agricultural products based on models, algorithms and multicriteria synthesis of the configuration of robotic capture and control of its software and hardware components during physical manipulations with objects of agricultural products is discussed. Performing monotonous physically difficult operations in agricultural pro-duction leads to the risk of disorders of the musculoskeletal system of workers, therefore, the use of robotic means for physical contact and manipulation with objects in agricultural production is an urgent task that ensures a reduction in the cost of production, an increase in the quality of operations performed and the labor safety of involved specialists. The variability of the physical and geometric characteristics of the fruits and the methods of their collection does not allow the creation of univer-sal robotic grippers, therefore, active research is currently underway on the design of robotic grip-pers for manipulating the fruits of individual crops, differing in weight, density, geometry, surface roughness and other parameters. The article describes the developed conceptual model of robotic gripper control, including the description of the manipulator, gripper, sensor system and the manip-ulated object of agricultural products with various forms, physical and mechanical properties. The article analyzes the physical and mechanical properties of some vegetables and fruits, methods of cutting off the fruit, which should be taken into account when developing robotic grippers. There were discussed a four-stage technique for determining the parameters of robotic gripping, including determining the characteristics of the manipulated object; characteristics of the working environ-ment; determination of the features of the manipulator on which the gripper is planned to be in-stalled, and evaluation of the efficiency of the projected gripper according to a number of criteria. The developed algorithmic model of the choice of configuration parameters for robotic gripping of agricultural products is presented. It provides, based on the analysis of the properties of the manipu-lated object, the development of requirements for the configuration and gripping control system.

scholarly journals Determination of the physical and mechanical properties of a potato (the Agria variety) in order to mechanise the harvesting and post-harvesting operations

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Negar Ahangarnezhad ◽  
Gholamhassan Najafi ◽  
Ahmad Jahanbakhshi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Uniaxial Compression Test ◽  
Mean Diameter ◽  
Length Width ◽  
Mass Volume

Studying the physical and mechanical properties of agricultural products has been the subject of criticism and discussion for many years already and has attracted the attention of many researchers. The physical and mechanical properties of agriculture products are the most important parameters in the design of agricultural machinery sorting systems, transmissions, processing and packaging systems. The potato is one of the most important agricultural products as a food resource. The aim of this research is to investigate the physical properties and mechanical behaviour of the potato due to its importance and the current inadequate information about it. In this research, some of the physical and mechanical properties of the potato were measured in standard conditions. The length, width, thickness, geometric mean diameter and arithmetical diameter, sphericity, surface area, aspect ratio, mass, volume, bulk density and the  projected mean area were included in the physical properties. The mechanical properties of the potato were determined by using a universal testing machine (MRT-5; Santam, Germany) with a uniaxial compression test. Then, the mechanical properties were measured with four repetitions. The physical properties of the potato such as length, width, thickness, mass, volume and geometric mean diameter had a direct relationship, while the density had an inverse relation to the size. The result of the mechanical properties of the sample, such as vertical stress, elasticity module, deformation energy, fracture force and deformation were obtained respectively as 0.34 MPa, 3.09 MPa, 892.02 J, 8.80 N and 207.22 mm. The comparison of the potato’s real volume with the standard shapes showed that the potato’s shape is similar to an oval due to the largest determination coefficient (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.86). The results of this research can be used for the design and optimisation of the processing equipment, as well as the transporting, sorting and packing of the potato crop.

The Cushion Performance of Mycelium-Cornstraw Biofoams

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-489
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Zhang ◽  
Peipei He ◽  
Yichen Lin ◽  
Haixia Song ◽  
Hao Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Relative Deformation ◽  
Bonding Mechanism ◽  
Corn Straw ◽  
Polymer Foam ◽  
Absorption Properties ◽  
Material Preparation

Biofoams are considered to be one of the best alternatives to polymer foam. In many biofoams, mycelium-based biofoams are favored in the recent years for its zero pollution and renewability during the forming and after treatment process. Mycelium-wood biofoams, mycelium-cottonseed shell biofoams have been proved to have good mechanical or sound absorption properties. While, whether corn straw, as the by-product of the largest yield of agricultural products, is suitable to prepare mycelium-based biofoam has not been studied yet. Here we used Pleurotus ostreatus mycelium bonding corn straw to prepare mycelium-cornstraw biofoams, and mechanical properties as well as bonding mechanism of the mycelium-cornstraw biofoams were studied. It was discovered that inoculum quantity was an important factor on the performance of mycelium-cornstraw biofoams, and inoculum quantity of 1.8% was considered as the optimal inoculum quantity. At this inoculum quantity, when relative deformation was 10%, the compressive strength of mycelium-cornstraw biofoam was about twice that of mycelium-broadleaf sawdust biofoams reported, but the time spent on material preparation is only about their 1/3.

scholarly journals FIBER CUTTING MACHINE USED FOR COMPOSIT MATERIAL

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Ngan Hong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Geometric Parameters ◽  
Bamboo Fiber ◽  
Jute Fiber ◽  
Coconut Fiber ◽  
Cutting Machine ◽  
To Come ◽  
Kinematics Parameters

This paper proposes a structure and kinematics parameters of a fiber cutting machine, which is used to cut fibers (such as jute fiber, bamboo fiber, coconut fiber...) for composite materials. To come over this obstacle, dynamic and geometric parameters of cutting parts were calculated and studied, some fibers physico-mechanical properties and their effect in the quality of the composite materials were investigated.

Phase Transformations in Ti-7w/oMo-3w/oMe Alloy

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 514-515
Author(s):  
S. Fujishiro
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Ray Method ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Water Quench ◽  
Alpha Beta

The mechanical properties of three titanium alloys (Ti-7Mo-3Al, Ti-7Mo- 3Cu and Ti-7Mo-3Ta) were evaluated as function of: 1) Solutionizing in the beta field and aging, 2) Thermal Mechanical Processing in the beta field and aging, 3) Solutionizing in the alpha + beta field and aging. The samples were isothermally aged in the temperature range 300° to 700*C for 4 to 24 hours, followed by a water quench. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray method were used to identify the phase formed. All three alloys solutionized at 1050°C (beta field) transformed to martensitic alpha (alpha prime) upon being water quenched. Despite this heavily strained alpha prime, which is characterized by microtwins the tensile strength of the as-quenched alloys is relatively low and the elongation is as high as 30%.

Effects of cooling rate on the mechanical properties of dual phase treated vanadium steels

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 220-221
Author(s):  
L.J. Chen ◽  
H.C. Cheng ◽  
J.R. Gong ◽  
J.G. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Automobile Industry ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Weight Percent ◽  
Low Alloy Steels ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Resource Requirement ◽  
Alloy Steels ◽  
Potential Weight

For fuel savings as well as energy and resource requirement, high strength low alloy steels (HSLA) are of particular interest to automobile industry because of the potential weight reduction which can be achieved by using thinner section of these steels to carry the same load and thus to improve the fuel mileage. Dual phase treatment has been utilized to obtain superior strength and ductility combinations compared to the HSLA of identical composition. Recently, cooling rate following heat treatment was found to be important to the tensile properties of the dual phase steels. In this paper, we report the results of the investigation of cooling rate on the microstructures and mechanical properties of several vanadium HSLA steels.The steels with composition (in weight percent) listed below were supplied by China Steel Corporation: 1. low V steel (0.11C, 0.65Si, 1.63Mn, 0.015P, 0.008S, 0.084Aℓ, 0.004V), 2. 0.059V steel (0.13C, 0.62S1, 1.59Mn, 0.012P, 0.008S, 0.065Aℓ, 0.059V), 3. 0.10V steel (0.11C, 0.58Si, 1.58Mn, 0.017P, 0.008S, 0.068Aℓ, 0.10V).

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