Physico-Mechanical Properties of Sugarcane Stalks

Abstract Manual harvesting of sugarcane requires skilled labourers, as improper leads to a significant loss yield. Therefore, it is necessary move towards designing system capable on smallholdings, with high efficiency. This study aims determine some physico-mechanical properties stalks related harvester by making comprehensive analysis the compressing, bending, and shearing stalks. These were measured at three moisture content levels positions (base, middle, top) stalk varieties (G.T.54-9, IK 76-66, HAO3-55-24). The different contents fresh stalk, after 7 days, 15 days. values (70.3, 42.1, 23.2%), (68.7, 61.3, 42.7%) (66.4, 48.6, 30.5%), respectively. in terms diameter, length, mass, content, bulk density, compression stress, shear stress bending (top, base).The most important results showed that decreasing led an increase compression, shear, stresses.