Discrete Element Method in Agricultural Engineering

A special issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 517

Special Issue Editor

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Interests: agricultural machinery and automation; discrete element modeling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Discrete element modeling (DEM) is an emerging field in advancing agricultural engineering for agricultural production systems. This Special Issue aims to gather and present the applications of DEM in food production and postharvest processing, which may include soil–machine interactions, biomaterial processing, and postharvest handling. Different approaches within DEM can be presented, such as contributions showing simulations of real problems of soil preparation, seeding and tillage, manure application, harvesting, postharvest handling, and food processing as well as developments of new models, theoretical formulations, and numerical algorithms for DEM are welcome. The coupling of the DEM with other methods (e.g., FEM and CFD), as well as the use of the DEM in the framework of multiscale modeling, is within the scope of interest. This Special Issue represents an excellent opportunity for those who use and develop the discrete element method to present their achievements, including in the form of research articles, review articles, and communications related to the latest developments in the agricultural production system.

Dr. Mohammad Sadek
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • discrete element modeling (DEM)
  • soil
  • food
  • postharvest
  • calibration
  • simulation
  • machine

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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