The book not only details specific machines and scientific principles but also includes chapters on primary and secondary tillage equipment, machinery for sowing, weed control, crop protection, manure application, and harvesting. It reviews the testing of farm machines, earth-moving equipment, and considers performance against cost. This textbook is a valuable resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in Agricultural Engineering, as well as professionals in the field, farm machinery designers, and agricultural consultants. Additionally, it offers a full solutions manual for instructors and worked examples for students to further their learning objectives.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Agricultural mechanization2. Primary tillage implements
3. Materials of construction and heat treatment
4. Secondary tillage implements
5. Mechanics of field machinery and their hitching
6. Crop planting machinery
7. Machines for weed control
8. Fertilizer and manure application machinery
9. Plant protection machinery
10. Machines for crop harvesting
11. Performance and Cost Analysis of field machine
12. Earth moving equipment
13. Testing of farm machines
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Authors
Divaker Durairaj Chelladurai Retired Professor and Former Dean of Agricultural Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India.Dr. Divaker Durairaj Chelladurai is a retired Professor and Former Dean of Agricultural Engineering at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from TNAU.
Over the course of his academic career, he taught various courses, including Electrical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, and Agricultural Machine Design. Notably, he received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for his 1995 Ph.D. dissertation and the TUCAS Gold Medal for M.E. in Farm Machinery.
His research interests include field machinery design, soil tool modeling, and applying electronics and computers in agriculture. Dr. Chelladurai has successfully managed sponsored research projects, designed ten farm machines, and received training in Japan and the USA.
As a life member of the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, he actively contributes to extending farm machinery to Tamil Nadu farmers and participates in national-level committees for ICAR.
