Musumeci, Phillip Carl (1983) Automatic control of base cutter height on sugar cane harvesters. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University of North Queensland.

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Abstract

This thesis studies height estimation techniques necessary to achieve automatic control of the base cutter height on sugar cane harvesters and, in particular, those techniques analysing the hydraulic oil pressure drop across the base cutter hydraulic motor. Signal processing of pressure information leads to the proposal of pressure variance as a height quantifier. As harvesting conditions are non-stationary, an asymptotically unbiased variance estimator using an exponential data window and possessing adjustable tracking and noise smoothing characteristics is devised, implemented in a real-time microprocessor system and tested.

Item ID:	58856
Item Type:	Thesis (Masters (Research))
Keywords:	agricultural engineering, base cutter hydraulic pressure drop, soil surface roughness, harvesting, sugar cane, automatic control
Copyright Information:	Copyright © 1983 Phillip Carl Musumeci
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2019 02:13
FoR Codes:	09 ENGINEERING > 0999 Other Engineering > 099901 Agricultural Engineering @ 100%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering @ 100%
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