Parameter Sensitivity Analysis of a Tractor and Single Axle Grain Cart Dynamic System Model

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2009-06-01
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Karkee, Manoj
Steward, Brian
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Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Since 1905, the Department of Agricultural Engineering, now the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE), has been a leader in providing engineering solutions to agricultural problems in the United States and the world. The department’s original mission was to mechanize agriculture. That mission has evolved to encompass a global view of the entire food production system–the wise management of natural resources in the production, processing, storage, handling, and use of food fiber and other biological products.

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In 1905 Agricultural Engineering was recognized as a subdivision of the Department of Agronomy, and in 1907 it was recognized as a unique department. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. The department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology in 2004.

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1905–present

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  • Department of Agricultural Engineering (1907–1990)

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Tractor and towed implement system models have become increasingly important for model-based guidance controller design, virtual prototyping, and operator-and-hardware-in-loop simulation. Various tractor and towed implement models have been proposed in the literature which contain uncertain or time-varying parameters. Sensitivity analysis was used to identify the effect of system parameter variation on system responses and to identify the most critical system parameters. Sensitivity analysis was performed with respect to three tire cornering stiffness parameters, three tire relaxation length parameters, and two implement inertial parameters. Overall, the system was most sensitive to the tire cornering stiffness parameters and least sensitive to the implement inertial parameters. In general, the variation in the input parameters and the system state variables were related in a non-linear fashion. With the nominal parameter values for a MFWD tractor, a single axle grain cart, and corn stubble surface conditions, a 10% variation in cornering stiffness parameters caused a 5% average variation in the system responses whereas an 80% change in cornering stiffness parameters caused an 80% average variation at 4.5 m/s forward velocity. If a 10% average variation in system responses is acceptable, the cornering stiffness parameters and implement inertial parameters must be estimated within 20% and 30% of actual/nominal values respectively. The relaxation length parameters have to be within 75% of the nominal values.

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