Abstract
Hydraulic Cylinder (HC), one of the key components of Horizontally Reversible Plough (HRP), takes the
responsibilities for the commuting soiltillage of HRP. The dynamic behaviors of HC surely affectthe tilling
performances of HRP. Based on our previously related work, this paper further addresses the effects of HC
movements during tillage on ploughshare, especially at share-point, of HRP. For HC, uniform motion was
considered in this study. A combined finite element and multi-body dynamics analysis (MDA) was
implemented to assess both tillage kinematics and kinetics of the ploughshare. These numerical
predictions were primarily involved in five different HC movement velocities and two actual HRP tilling
scenarios, respectively, where loading data due to the HC movements were obtained from an MDA and
applied to load a finite element modal of the ploughshare. Our results show that the importance of
performing MDA as a preliminary step FEA to obtain an insight into the actual stress and strain variations
at the share-point. Our findings demonstrate that the different movements of HC have no adverse effects
on the service life of the ploughshare though they result in the maximum stress and strain at the sharepoint
during HRP tillage.