APPLICATION OF BUCKINGHAM PI THEOREM IN DEVELOPMENT OFTRACTOR FUEL CONSUMPTION MODEL FOR PLOUGHING OPERATION

Ekemube, Raymond Alex* and Atta, Adekunle Temidayo**

*Value Addition Research Division, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria
**Kenaf and Jute Improvement Programme, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Moore Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria

DOI: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13128408

ABSTRACT

The estimation of tractor fuel consumption during ploughing operation has been consistently receiving attention as a result of diverse nature, varieties and development in prime movers and dynamic response of soil to tillage operation treatment. The need to use selected soilimplement- machine parameters as factors affecting fuel consumption is necessary. Fuel consumption model for estimating tractor fuel consumption per working area for ploughing operation has been developed using Buckingham’s pi theorem.

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