Structural Analysis of Field Sprayer Booms

KOÇ C.

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.147-155, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES-TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.147-155
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Transient analysis, Aluminum, Steel, G-Programming, Finite element analysis, ANSYS
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, structural analysis of a 21 meters wide field sprayer boom, designed for precision agriculture applications, was conducted with finite element analysis. G-programming language, a data acquisition board and an inductive force transducer were used to measure the forces acting on the boom arms. An experimental setup, developed in a laboratory environment, was able to measure and record various forces in 5 miliseconds intervals. An ANSYS model was developed to analyze the forces recorded during laboratory experiments. Steel (SAE/AISI St 42) and aluminum (ISO AlMg2.5) materials for the sprayer boom structure were used in the analyses. Based on the analysis results, using aluminum for active boom suspension system for field sprayers produced more favorable structural results than steel.