The Parameters affecting the cutting process performance of agricultural plants [electronic resource].

Includes references.

The act of Cutting of agricultural material is one of the most important operations that frequently arise during the cutting, separation and crushing processes of plants. The cutting process of agricultural plants is more complicated than the Cutting of engineering materials (as steel, copper alloys, ... etc.). This is due to that most of the engineering materials are homogeneous and isotropic, whereas the plants are non-homogeneous and non-isotropic materials. In this sludy, mathematical relations for the act of Cutting could be formulated for the Cutting energy required for performing the cutting process. The different parameters affecting the performance of the cutting process have been investigated and categorized into four predominant groups, namely; Cutting tool parameters group, plant parameters group, machine parameters group, and a mixed group. Each of these groups of parameters has been studied in details to show the effects of these parameters on the cutting process and therefore, getting the optimum values of these parameters of these groups.

Summary in Arabic.

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