Finite element analyses of mini combined harvester chassis and hitch.
Authors
Abdulkarim, K. O.Abdulrahman, Olajide
Ahmed, Ismaila I.
Abdulkareem, Suleiman
Adebisi, Jeleel Adekunie
Harmanto, Dani

Issue Date
2017-06
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The perennial problems associated with harvesting of agricultural products in sub-Sahara Africa are not unconnected with financial limitations of the farmers. The design of low cost mini combine harvester was aimed at ameliorating the challenges of agricultural products harvest in Nigeria. The work presented here was a detailed analysis of low cost mini combine harvester chassis and hitch. The need for cost effectiveness, affordability, durability and efficiency of the designs necessitated detail analysis of the design to achieve the above objectives. Solidworks Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software was employed in carrying out both static and fatigue analysis of a low-cost mini combine harvester chassis and hitch design. The results were compared and contrasted, with appreciable improvements on available existing data. The stresses, displacements and strains on the chassis were significantly low with factors of safety of 2.48 and 2.80 for chassis and hitch respectively.Citation
Abdulkarim, K. O. et al (2017) 'Finite element analyses of mini combined harvester chassis and hitch.', Journal of Production Engineering, Vol. 20 (1), pp. 48-54.Publisher
University of Novi SadJournal
Journal of Production EngineeringDOI
10.24867/JPE-2017-01-048Additional Links
http://doi.org/10.24867/JPE-2017-01-048http://www.jpe.ftn.uns.ac.rs/published17_no1.html
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18214932ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.24867/JPE-2017-01-048