Abstract. The vibration of agricultural machinery significantly influences driving comfort and operation reliability. In recent years, research on the vibrational characteristics of agricultural machinery has gradually expanded. To solve the problem of the obvious vibration of a high-speed transplanter under operating conditions, this article examines the method of beam damage diagnosis for high-speed transplanters based on the strain mode. Based on the modal theory, the displacement and strain modal analysis of the beam of the high-speed transplanter is performed. The analysis shows that the relative deviation of the modal frequencies of the same order before and after the beam is damaged is small. There is no obvious abrupt change in the displacement mode shape, while the strain mode shape has a sudden change peak after the beam is damaged. Thus, the strain mode change rate is constructed as a diagnostic index for beam damage. The analysis results show that the strain mode change rate increases with the increase in beam damage degree. Finally, the least squares method is used to fit the corresponding relationship between the two quantities. The results show that the strain mode change rate is sensitive and reliable as an index of damage diagnosis, which can better determine the location and degree of damage to the beam. Keywords: Beam, Damage, Diagnosis, Rice transplanter, Strain mode.
Identification of Crack Location in Beam Structures Using Wavelet Transform and Fractal Dimension