B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering · Semester 8 — Electives

Mechanics of Tillage and Traction

FMPE8.3 Farm Machinery & Power Engineering

Syllabus lecture plan

1. 01Introduction to mechanics of tillage tools
2. 02Engineering properties of soil
3. 03Principles and concepts, stress strain relationship
4. 04Design of tillage tools, principles of soil cutting, design equation, force analysis
5. 05Application of dimensional analysis in soil dynamics and traction prediction 3 equation
6. 06Introduction to traction and mechanics
7. 07Off-road traction and mobility, traction model, traction improvement, tyres- 3 functions, size, lug geometry and their effects
8. 08Tyre selection and testing
9. 09Soil compaction and plant growth and variability
10. 10Application of GIS in soil dynamics

Part of the B.Tech. Agricultural Engineering curriculum (ICAR recommendations). Upload or find notes, previous-year papers and quick-revision reels for each lecture on theciae.