Stand for Studying Soil Friction

To study the wear and friction force of a solid surface during friction with the ground, a carousel-type laboratory stand was created. The main task was to measure friction forces under various parameters of the model soil and speeds of relative movement close to real ones during field agricultural work. Traditional electronic dynamometers are designed for static or slowly varying loads. Laboratory stands with such sensors have a linear design, a limited friction path (up to 2 m) and very low relative movement speeds (up to 0.15 m/s). The short friction path complicates the running-in process at the beginning of the experiment. Integral friction forces depend on speed. The adhesion component depends entirely on the presence of soil water at the interface and, thus, on the time required for water to move to the friction surface. With a carousel design of the stand, the friction path is infinite and the speed can be increased by an order of magnitude (up to 1.5 m/s). Since studies usually compare the influence of different materials or soil compositions on the results of experiments, the systematic error due to the difference in the friction path from a straight line is insignificant. To measure rapidly changing loads, a force measuring station was developed based on a flat spring and a small displacement mechatronic sensor. The advantage of mechatronic linear displacement sensors is high sensitivity, ease of switching on and high reliability. Disadvantages include dependence on temperature conditions and consequently the need for calibration in each experiment.

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