Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Belgrade 2018 Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages: 83-97
https://doi.org/10.2298/JAS1801083C
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On the fertilizer particle motion along the vane of a centrifugal spreader disc assuming pure sliding of the particle
Cerović Vera B. (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade)
Petrović Dragan V. (Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade)
Radojević Rade L. (Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade)
Barać Saša R. (Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak)
Vuković Aleksandar (Faculty of Agriculture, Lešak)
At present, spreading of mineral fertilizers in Europe is most commonly
performed using centrifugal disk spreaders with attached vanes. The motion
of an ideal spherical homogeneous fertilizer particle along the straight
vane attached to a flat rotating disc was analyzed in this paper. The
analysis was performed in the non-inertial reference coordinate system. From
the assumptions introduced to enable analytical describing of the real
particle motion as well as the general tools of solid mechanics, the
ordinary in-homogenous second-order differential equation having constant
coefficients arose. Its solution represents an approximation of the real
relative motion of the fertilizer particle along the straight radial vane
fixed to the flat horizontal disc rotating at a constant angular velocity.
However, the solution of this kind can be very useful for the optimization
of centrifugal spreader working parameters.
Keywords: fertilizer particle, centrifugal disc spreader, radial vanes, differential equation
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utilization of energy, agricultural products productivity and quality
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