Authors: S S Davanageri, M MGanganallimath, Shreedhar B Biradar, Ajaykumar G Honnalli, Sanjay S Balulad, Shridhar S Palled
Abstract: Agricultural cultivators are important soil-tillage implements used for breaking soil clods, loosening soil and preparing suitable soil conditions for sowing. The performance and reliability of cultivator components are influenced by soil condition, operating parameters, tool geometry, material properties and the loads acting during field operation. This review paper examines published research related to the design, structural behaviour and optimization of agricultural cultivators and their working components, withemphasis on computer-aided design and finite element analysis.The reviewed studies demonstrate the application of numerical methods for evaluating stress, deformation, structural strength and soil–tool interaction. Research on tine cultivators has investigated different shovel geometries and soil conditions, while other studies have examined cultivator shares under different static loading conditions using the finite element methods. Recent work on a combined cultivator working tool has further demonstrated the influence of tine geometry and angle of attack on stress distribution and structural performance. Based on the reviewed literature, computer-aided modelling and finite element analysis provide useful approaches for identifying critical regions and comparing alternative cultivator designs before physical fabrication. It provides a technical foundation for the proposed future work on design optimization and structural analysis of an agricultural cultivator using SolidWorks.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22055188
