Abstract
The aim of this work is to determine the influence of the surface shape and geometric parameters of the suction hole on the uniformity of seed distribution along the length of the row and determine its rational parameters. The use of mathematical modeling significantly speeds up the research process. An algorithm and a program in the Mathcad system have been developed for simulating the process of separating seeds from the cylindrical, conical and toroidal surfaces of the suction holes of a vacuum pneumomechanical sowing device and their fall to the bottom of the furrow. The algorithm is based on the results of previous studies by the authors. Its initial data is the simulation with the help of a generator of random numbers of spherical seed sizes, which are distributed according to the truncated normal law. Each seed undergoes a process of separation from the surface of the suction hole and free fall to the bottom of the furrow. Computer experiments are repeated, changing the average seed diameters, surface type and geometric parameters of the suction hole surface. As a result of statistical processing of the obtained vector of intervals between adjacent seeds at the bottom of the furrow, the mean sample value of the interval between seeds and the standard deviation of the intervals are determined. The last indicator is chosen by the criterion of uniformity of distribution of seeds on length of a line. Graphs of dependence of this indicator on the investigated parameters are constructed. As a result of the analysis of graphs it was found that the uniformity of seed distribution along the length of the row deteriorates with decreasing average seed diameter and increasing the radius of the suction hole. With a conical surface of the suction hole, the highest uniformity of seed distribution along the row length is achieved at a cone angle γ = 60 ° and a maximum diameter dmaxк=(1,7–2,0) rсем. The highest uniformity of seed distribution along the length of the row can be achieved with a toroidal surface of the suction hole, in particular, with a minimum radius of the radial section of the torus.
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