Modeling, structural and cfd analysis of mobile robot for banana cultivation

  • ICMMM Conference 2020 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam-Erode 638401

Abstract

Banana plantation is popular cash crop in southern parts of India. Globally, India ranks first in banana production by producing about 14 million metric tons annually. Cultivation of which involves humongous manual tasks with moderate difficulty, often the tasks are accompanied with considerable spending towards accomplishing those tasks. More often than not it affects the earning prospects of the farmer thus, succumbing to great loss of investment. A valid solution to this problem from the technological perspective is to provide low cost automation for the hectic tasks in banana cultivation. Through this work a baby step towards addressing the issues in banana cultivation is initiated. This paper deals with the design, structural, computational fluid dynamics simulation of Agricultural field robot for aiding banana cultivation by producing a plantation hole for banana seedlings. Conceptualized idea is modeled in 3dimension using solidworks software with suitable dimensions, then by applying desired material properties to the individual components a static structural analysis is executed on the assembly after the completion of structural analysis, subsequently CFD analysis is carried out with Ansys-Fluent workbench on the equivalent solid modal replica of the assembly modal, developed exclusively for the purpose of analyzing the wind effects

Author Biography

ICMMM Conference 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam-Erode 638401

Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology,
Sathyamangalam-Erode
638401

 

 

Published
2021-11-28