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Experimental analysis of soil reaction on a lug of a movable lug wheel

1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 35; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0022-4898(98)00017-2

1879-1204

Wawan Hermawan, Minoru Yamazaki, Akira Oida,

Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization

A movable lug wheel was tested in a soil bin test apparatus to determine its traction performance and to measure the soil reaction forces on its lugs. Similar tests were also conducted using a fixed lug wheel. The effects of the lug motion pattern, lug spacing and horizontal load on pull and lift forces were studied. From the experiments it is confirmed that the movable action of the lug plate could generate superior pull and lift forces in comparison with the fixed lug wheel. Among the test wheels, lug motion pattern-2 generated the highest pull and lift forces. Within the range of the test conditions, there was no significant difference in pull and lift forces of the lug plate between the test lug wheels with 12 lugs and 15 lugs at the same level of horizontal and vertical loads. The increase of horizontal load up to 200 N generally increased the pull force and generated smaller rolling resistance before the lug left the soil, but did not increase the lift force significantly. The patterns of pull force, lift force and drawbar pull generated under a constant slip were slightly different from those under a constant horizontal load. Finally, the results were also elucidated by their actual lug trajectories in soil.