Modelling and simulation of a no-till seeder vertical motion dynamics for precise seeding depth
- Publication Type
- Conference proceedings
- Authors
- Sharipov, G.M., Paraforos, D.S., Griepentrog, H.W.
- Year of publication
- 2017
- Published in
- Advances in Animal Biosciences
- Band/Volume
- 8/2
- DOI
- 10.1017/S2040470017000590
- Page (from - to)
- 455-460
- Conference name
- The 11th European Conference on Precision Agriculture (ECPA 2017)
- Conference location
- Edinburgh
- Conference date
- 16-20 July
One of the significant obstacles in achieving a reliable seed germination and even plant field emergence in no-till seeding is a variation in the desired seeding depth. This is caused by the inappropriate response of the seeder motion dynamics to harsh soil conditions and to high operating speed. In order to assess the dynamic response of a no-till seeder, a mathematical model, which simulated the vertical motion of a seeding aggregate, was developed. A correlation between the simulated and the measured parameters resulted in a root-mean-squared (RMS) error of 17.2% and 6.4% for impact force and pitch angle, respectively. The simulated impact force frequencies of interests were detected at the critical frequencies of the measured forces with high coherence values.