Simulation Analysis and Testing of Tracked Universal Chassis Passability in Hilly Mountainous Orchards
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
1. The abstract of this academic paper requires further revision. It is recommended that the authors include a clear statement highlighting the significance and contribution of their research work. Additionally, the level of detail regarding the research methods, results, and conclusions should be improved. Specifically, the elaboration of the conclusions lacks clarity and should be revised.
2. The last paragraph of the introduction, specifically lines 123-129, does not effectively convey the distinctions and advancements of the research conducted in this paper when compared to previous studies. The authors should provide a comprehensive list of these differences and innovations.
3. For Section 1.1 Midway 1 (a), the front view expression is not standardized. Please adhere strictly to the definition of three-view drawing； The font used for the power transmission roadmap in Figure 3 of section 1.2 is not standardized; it is too small and unclear. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust its size accordingly； The axis of the surface in Figure 5 in section 3.1 is not specified. Therefore, please make the necessary changes to indicate the axis.
4. Section 2.2.2 discusses working conditions across slope trenches. However, since field trials have not been verified, it is necessary to remove this section accordingly.
5. Sections 5.2 and 5.3 of the study outline the test conditions. However, the current description is unclear. To enhance clarity, it is recommended to utilize the passage capacity of the agricultural crawler tractor. of "tractor design manual" as a guiding resource for determining the test conditions（Including climbing degree, vertical obstacle height, and trench width）.
6、.The height of the drive wheel arrangement in the parameters of the whole machine significantly impacts the chassis passability. However, the dimension of the drive wheel height is not mentioned in the text. Thus, it is recommended to include the whole machine drive wheel height in Table 1.
7. The references in this academic paper are inadequately written, with incomplete lines for each reference. References 7, 14, 17, 22, and 24 are outdated and should be revised.
Minor editing of English language required
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you very much for your comments and professional advice. These opinions help to improve academic rigor of our article. Based on your suggestion and request, we have made corrected modifications on the revised manuscript. We hope that our can be improved again. Furthermore, we would like to show the details as follows:
- The abstract of this academic paper requires further revision. It is recommended that the authors include a clear statement highlighting the significance and contribution of their research work. Additionally, the level of detail regarding the research methods, results, and conclusions should be improved. Specifically, the elaboration of the conclusions lacks clarity and should be revised.
Reply: Thank you very much for your comments and professional advice, Based on your suggestions, we have made adjustments in the manuscript accordingly. We have added key methods in the theoretical and simulation analysis based on your suggestions.
- The last paragraph of the introduction, specifically lines 123-129, does not effectively convey the distinctions and advancements of the research conducted in this paper when compared to previous studies. The authors should provide a comprehensive list of these differences and innovations.
Reply: Thank you underlining this deficiency, Based on your suggestions, we have made the appropriate changes in the manuscript, and the changes are marked in yellow.
- For Section 1.1 Midway 1 (a), the front view expression is not standardized. Please adhere strictly to the definition of three-view drawing；The font used for the power transmission roadmap in Figure 3 of section 1.2 is not standardized; it is too small and unclear. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust its size accordingly；The axis of the surface in Figure 5 in section 3.1 is not specified. Therefore, please make the necessary changes to indicate the axis.
Reply: Thank you underlining this deficiency, Based on your suggestions, we have made the appropriate changes in the manuscript (highlighted in yellow font).
- Section 2.2.2 discusses wrking conditions across slope trenches. However, since field trials have not been verified, it is necessary to remove this section accordingly.
Reply: Thank you underlining this deficiency, In response to your suggestions, we have removed Superfluous content from the manuscript (highlighted in yellow font).
- Sections 5.2 and 5.3 of the study outline the test conditions. However, the current description is unclear. To enhance clarity, it is recommended to utilize the passage capacity of the agricultural crawler tractor. of "tractor design manual" as a guiding resource for determining the test conditions（Including climbing degree, vertical obstacle height, and trench width）.
Reply: Thank you underlining this deficiency, Based on your suggestions, we have restructured Chapter 5 in the manuscript accordingly (highlighted in yellow).
- The height of the drive wheel arrangement in the parameters of the whole machine significantly impacts the chassis passability. However, the dimension of the drive wheel height is not mentioned in the text. Thus, it is recommended to include the whole machine drive wheel height in Table 1.
Reply: Thank you underlining this deficiency. Based on your suggestions, we have made the appropriate changes in the manuscript.
- The references in this academic paper are inadequately written, with incomplete lines for each reference. References 7, 14, 17, 22, and 24 are outdated and should be revised.
Reply: Thank you underlining this deficiency. Based on your suggestions, we have replaced references 7, 14, 17, 22 and 24 in the manuscript.
Reviewer 2 Report
Note: add a space after the comma throughout the manuscript
Title: please be consistent with the capital and lower cases
Abstract: key methods used in the simulation and theoretical analyses need to be added; some sentences could be shortened
Introduction:
L27: first - top
L36: break up 4 references in the first paragraph
L69: Wu
L83: Sun
2.2. Working principle and technical parameter: Not very clear
Figures 1 and 2: Numbers in figures are blurred
L182: forces are
Figure 5: please add axis labels
Figure 18: what are the three stages specifically?
Table 2: a larger range of slope and crossing height should be used to get the 'true' max values
Extensive editing is required
Author Response
Dear reviewer：
Thank you very much for your comments and professional advice. These opinions help to improve academic rigor of our article. Based on your suggestion and request, we have made corrected modifications on the revised manuscript. We hope that our can be improved again. Furthermore, we would like to show the details as follows:
Table 2: a larger range of slope and crossing height should be used to get the 'true' max values
Reply: Thank you very much for your comments and professional advice, Based on your suggestions, we have made adjustments in the manuscript accordingly. In the field test, when the slope exceeded 40° and the obstacle height surpassed 250 mm, the performance of the chassis in climbing over obstacles declined. This data is indicated by yellow markings in Table 2, which records the modifications made.
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Thanks for the revision. I would recommend a further round of proofreading and editing be conducted by someone with extensive technical writing experience in English.
I would recommend a further round of proofreading and editing be conducted by someone with extensive technical writing experience in English.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
Thank you very much for your comments and professional advice. These opinions help to improve academic rigor of our article. Based on your suggestion and request, we have made grammatical changes in the manuscript, which are reflected in the manuscript
Finally, thank you again for your guidance and for reviewing and revising my paper again.
Yours sincerely,
Xiaobin Mou
20 Jul., 2023
