Interaction between soil and a wide cutting blade using the discrete element method

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Shmulevich, I ^a   Asaf, Z ^a   Rubinstein, D ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Displacement; Force; Shape; Soil tillage interaction; Wide blade

Indexed keywords

CUTTING EQUIPMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

MCKYES APPROACH; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL TILLAGE INTERACTION; WIDE BLADE;

SOILS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; MODELING; SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS; TILLAGE;

EID: 35448936783     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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