Comparative Mechanical Analysis Using Finite Element Model of Material Selection of Hoes

Using the finite element analysis software ANSYS Workbench, we examined the characteristics of materials and selected the best ones for hoes.The mechanical properties of different materials were compared using ANSYS Workbench.Finite element analysis was adopted to evaluate the material combinations for the hoe handle and cutter head and determine the optimal combination for efficient agricultural work.The combinations of ash wood, beech wood, fir wood, cycad wood, and acacia wood, and manganese 13 steel, No.45 steel, and spring steel used for the hoe handle and cutter head were simulated for work efficiency.The work efficiency was then analyzed and compared among the combinations in terms of the stresses on the hoe, the ratio of the simulated stress to the maximum stress, soil impact depth, and soil deformation range.The work efficiency of the hoe was correlated with the horizontal elastic modulus of wood.The computational results of this study are essential for developing an appropriate sensor technology, identifying the optimal placement for strain gauges to experimentally validate the critical high-stress points identified through simulation.