Analysis of Variant Stresses Acting on Modified Animal Drawn Mouldboard Plough Share using Finite Element Method
| International Journal of Mechanical Engineering |
| © 2022 by SSRG - IJME Journal |
| Volume 9 Issue 8 |
| Year of Publication : 2022 |
| Authors : Isaac Azegura Nyaaba, Alex Kojo Okyere, Sherry Kwabla Amedorme |
10.14445/23488360/IJME-V9I8P101
How to Cite?
Isaac Azegura Nyaaba, Alex Kojo Okyere, Sherry Kwabla Amedorme, "Analysis of Variant Stresses Acting on Modified Animal Drawn Mouldboard Plough Share using Finite Element Method," SSRG International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 1-10, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488360/IJME-V9I8P101
Abstract:
Agriculture nowadays is a man with modern, sophisticated equipment. However, due to the high cost of maintenance coupled with past failures of tractor mechanization schemes, farmers need reliable and low-cost agricultural tools that may be hand or bullock driven for small-scale farming. This paper seeks to re-design an improved animal-drawn plough to complement tractor services. Autodesk Inventor is used for the design and structural finite element analysis (FEA) performed on the models using ANSYS Mechanical. Low alloy steel, American Iron Steel Institute (AISI 4140), is used for the new model and compared with the existing cast iron designs. The analytical comparison of the two models shows that the low alloy steel (AISI 4140) made share exhibits favorable results. The percentage difference of total deformations is 40.8% and 40.64%, and the equivalent elastic strain of 41.24% and 41.46%, respectively, in favour of the low alloy steel (AISI 4140) made share. The implication is that the cast iron models will deform and reach the yield point faster than the low alloy steel models. The results of this study predict that the low alloy steel (AISI 4140) can be a suitable material for making farm implements such as mouldboard ploughs because the factor of safety of the low alloy steel (AISI 4140) made share is 1.4. The results of the developed model can be useful for the design and subsequent fabrication of new tillage tools adaptable to different soil types in terms of application.
Keywords:
Light Mouldboard Plough, Design, Finite Element Analysis, Von Mises, Stress and Strain, Deformation.
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