Sustainability of conventional agricultural production systems is threatened by triple
challenges of energy and environmental crises, deteriorating natural resources bases, and …

Modern agricultural production is an energy-and carbon-intensive system. Enhancing
energy and carbon efficiencies and reducing carbon footprints are important issues of …

The slippage of various sizes tractors under similar operating conditions can be compared
based on the traction coefficient. However, a preliminary prediction of tractor drive tire …

This study assesses the impact of conservation agriculture (CA) and weed management
practices on the productivity, profitability, energy use, and carbon sustainability of a maize …

In order to improve the working quality of wet clutch switching in an agricultural tractor, in this
paper, we took a power shift system composed of multiple wet clutches as the research …

The aim of this study is to enhance the fuel economy of a continuously variable tractor
transmission by analyzing its energy and fuel consumption. First, we present the principle of …

This study aims to develop and evaluate an automated manual transmission (AMT) for
agricultural tractors with high efficiency and high convenience by using electric actuators. An …

Tractors equipped with hydro-mechanical transmissions (HMTs) typically deliver excellent
fuel-saving performance but are expensive. To improve the fuel economy of cheaper …

The hydro-mechanical continuously variable transmission (HMCVT) has complicated
transmission characteristics. To analyze the influences of various factors on HMCVT's …

Transmission efficiency is a key characteristic of Hydro-mechanical Continuously Variable
Transmission (HMCVT), which is related to the performance of heavy-duty tractors …