Simulation of a large-scale linear move irrigator using virtual reality technology

Abstract: Spray Irrigation is more excellent in water-saving and yield-increasing than other irrigation methods. Large scale linear move spray irrigation system is widely used in China. But the traditional go-stop-go driving method made the linear move irrigator hard to control and get bed irrigation efforts. Thus new control way with high efficiency in operation and low consuming of water, electricity, other materials and human resource is needed to develop to avoid this problem. Because of the difficulty of examination, virtual reality technology is used to simulate the controlling and driving system in this thesis. Build three-dimension models of the irrigation system departments according to their scale with Pro/ENGINEER, and three-dimensional scenes of farmland with Multigen Creator software, as well as mechanical models of the irrigation system according to the principles of ground vehicle dynamics. Visual C + + 6.0 and Multigen Vega were used to program an application, which load the three-dimension models of the irrigation system into the scenes of farmland. Then simulated the control system and drive system to monitor in real-time and optimize the system