Study on a Plow to Invert Furrow Slice at the Same Position (Part 2)

Measurement of Three Component Force Acting on the New Plow

Abstract

The previous part described the concept and the design principle of the new plow which invert furrow slices at the same position. Experiments in laboratory showed that furrow slices were successfully inverted at the same position with the new plow.
In this part, three component forces acting on the small scaled new plow were measured in the laboratory under various conditions of soil moisture and plowing speed. The specific resistances were in the range of 4 to 7N/cm². There was little difference between the plows with and without wings.