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Root-soil-water coupling simulator for numerical simulation of agricultural facility.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K22599
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0604:Agricultural economics and rural sociology, agricultural engineering, and related fields
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology (2021)
National Institute of Technology, Toyota College (2020)

Principal Investigator

Tomobe Haruka  東京工業大学, 環境・社会理工学院, 助教 (90880005)

Project Period (FY) 2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords有限要素法 / 接触力学 / 不飽和土 / 成長 / 植物力学 / 根-土接触面 / 数値計算 / 農業水理施設
Outline of Research at the Start

植物根は,土を,どのような時に破壊し,どのような時に補強するのか?というシンプルな問いが,本研究課題の核心をなす.近年,我が国においては農業の担い手の高齢化と人材不足が進む中,農業水利施設は老朽化し,用排水路まわりの盛り土,畦畔,河川堤防などの機能低下が課題となっている.本研究により根-土混合物の力学特性を予測可能となれば,効果的な植生管理技術の提案に繋がる.そこで,植物根が地盤中を成長する過程で生じる地盤内部の変位場と応力場を精緻に予測する技術(根成長シミュレータ)を開発し,農業水利施設群を構成する土構造物に対する植物根の補強/破壊メカニズムを明らかとすることが,本研究の目的である.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Plant roots hold soil particles in a web-like structure on natural and man-made slopes, thus contributing to slope stabilization. On the other hand, plant roots can also break up hard tillage beds and soften the soil in wastelands and agricultural lands. Both of these effects are positive/negative reinforcing effects of plant roots on the soil. To estimate and utilize the reinforcing effects, it is necessary to mechanically predict and evaluate the process of plant root growth and soil penetration. Through this study, we have developed a mathematical basis for 2-D and 3-D numerical simulations of the growth process of plant roots of arbitrary shapes under various soil moisture conditions, initial stress distributions, and boundary conditions.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究成果は,土質力学と植物科学を架橋する領域横断的研究であり,土質力学分野で用いられてきた有限要素法によるシミュレーション手法に,植物科学分野で蓄積のある微視的な組織構造や伸長メカニズムを加えた新たな数理モデル基盤を創出した.また,研究成果の具体例として,実際に実生ダイコン個体の伸長過程シミュレーションを行い,実験結果と比較することで,伸長領域側面の応力状態により植物根の伸長しやすさが異なることや,植物根は,土に三叉状の応力集中箇所を生じさせることで貫入しやすい応力構造を生み出すことが示唆された.今後,エネルギー効率の良い地盤基礎構造物施工技術の開発や,作物栽培・育種への応用が期待される.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Mohr-Coulomb-Vilar model for constitutive relationship in root-soil interface under changing suction2021

    • Author(s)
      Tomobe Haruka、Fujisawa Kazunori、Murakami Akira
    • Journal Title

      Soils and Foundations

      Volume: 61 Issue: 3 Pages: 815-835

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.sandf.2021.03.005

    • NAID

      120007124427

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A Mohr-Coulomb-Vilar Model for constitutive relationship in root-soil interface under changing suction2021

    • Author(s)
      Haruka Tomobe, Kazunori Fujisawa, Akira Murakami
    • Journal Title

      Soils and Foundations

      Volume: Accepted

    • NAID

      120007124427

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] plantFEM: A Numerical Platform for Multi-physical Simulation of Plants2021

    • Author(s)
      Haruka Tomobe, Yu Tanaka, Tomoya Watanabe
    • Organizer
      Third International Workshop on Machine Learning for Cyber-Agricultural Systems (MLCAS2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A mechanical criterion for root-penetration into soil based on root-soil mechanics2020

    • Author(s)
      Haruka Tomobe, Satoru Tsugawa, Yuki Yoshida, Tetsuya Arita, Minoru Kubo, Taku Demura, Shinichiro Sawa
    • Organizer
      JSPP 2021, Symposium 11: Elongate, bend, and expand: Deciphering plant growth strategy from its mechanics
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 植物力学および土質力学に基づく根の貫入基準の数理モデル化2020

    • Author(s)
      Haruka Tomobe, Satoru Tsugawa, Yuki Yoshida, Tetsuya Arita, Minoru Kubo, Taku Demura, Shinichiro Sawa
    • Organizer
      新学術領域植物構造オプト若手セミナー
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 水-土-成長連成解析プラットフォーム

    • URL

      https://plantfem.org

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-09-29   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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