Moldboard plow performance in a clay soil: Simulations and experiment

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1531-1539

  Plouffe, C ^a,b,c,d   Lague C ^a,b,d   Tessier, S ^a,b,c,d   Richard, M J ^a,b,c,d   McLaughlin, N B ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

FEM; Finite element; Landside; Plow; Share; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; LANDSLIDES; SOIL MECHANICS;

AVERAGE LONGITUDINAL FORCE; MOLDBOARD PLOW; SPECIFIC VERTICAL FORCE;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS;

EID: 0033233001     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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