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Friction Coefficients of Selected Agricultural Soil and Agro-Products - A Review
Friction Coefficients of Selected Agricultural Soil and Agro-Products - A Review
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This paper was presented at The 2nd Mytribos Symposium, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor on 8th October 2017
KEYWORDS ABSTRACT
Agricultural engineering Various friction coefficients have been reported on the agricultural
Tribosystem materials, to support the agricultural productivity. However, the
Agro material reliability and productivity of modern agricultural equipment,
Friction maintenance cost, energy cost, and the cost of the agricultural
Coefficient of friction production depend on the intensity of the wear of the used components.
The article presents a review of tribological properties of the selected
environment and food material in agricultural production. Increase in
friction of the agricultural materials will increase the tear and wear,
energy usage as well as the cost. A simple example of few materials used
in agriculture is investigated, focusing on the soil effect, agro-product,
and agricultural machinery equipment.
* Corresponding author:
asuhaizi@upm.edu.my
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Table 1: List of the common agricultural material properties. High in silica content (89-
materials associated with friction coefficient 98%) in the rice husk may increase tear and
values and its relative energy requirement. wear on the machinery used during the rice
cultivation (combine harvester) and at the mill
Material Friction Condition
Coefficient,
processing plant. Recent study reported that,
(µ) innovation of the rice husk transformation into
good quality break pad to replace unsustainable
Soil and environment resource of asbestos material [12]. Another
Soil type Field capacity, example is the fabrication of the material flow
Clay [4,16] 0.30-0.50 minimum of 70% on the galvanized steel for the feedstock.
Sand [5] 0.45- 0.60 soil moisture content
Silt [5] 0.20-0.35 (MC), steel 3. Conclusion
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