Calibration strategy to determine the interaction properties of fertilizer particles using two laboratory tests and DEM
Adilet S. Zhao J. Sayakhat N. Chen J. Nikolay Z. Bu L. Sugirbayeva Z. Hu G. Marat M. Wang Z.
July 2021MDPI AG
Agriculture (Switzerland)
2021#11Issue 7
Investigating the interactions of granular fertilizers with various types of equipment is an essential part of agricultural research. A numerical technique simulating the mechanical behavior of granular assemblies has the advantage of data trackings, such as the trajectories, velocities, and transient forces of the particles at any stage of the test. The interaction parameters were calibrated to simulate responses of granular fertilizers in EDEM, a discrete element method (DEM) software. Without a proper calibration of the interaction parameters between the granular fertilizers and various materials, the simulations may not represent the real behavior of the granular fertilizers. Therefore, in this study, a strategy is presented to identify and select a set of DEM input parameters of granular fertilizers using the central composite design (CCD) to establish the nonlinear relationship between the dynamic macroscopic granular fertilizer properties and the DEM parameters. The determined interaction properties can be used to simulate granular fertilizers in EDEM.
Calibration , Central composite design , DEM , Granular fertilizers , Interaction properties
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College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, 712100, China
Technical Faculty, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Higher Mathematics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering
Technical Faculty
Department of Higher Mathematics
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