Effects of Biomimetic Surface Designs on Furrow Opener Performance

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-289

  Tong, Jin ^a   Moayad, Ballel Z ^b   Ma, Yun hai ^a   Sun, Ji yu ^a   Chen, Dong hui ^a   Jia, Hong lei ^a   Ren, Lu quan ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources   (Sudan)

Author keywords

biomimetic surface design; finite element analysis; furrow opener; tillage resistance; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC SURFACE DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FURROW OPENER; TILLAGE RESISTANCE; UHMWPE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYETHYLENES; SOILS; SURFACES; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 70349958211     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60128-6     Document Type: Article

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