| Course title |
Agricultural Machinery I |
| Course code |
LauZ3032 |
| Credit points (ECTS) |
2.25 |
| Total Hours in Course |
60.75 |
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course |
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| Course abstract |
| Environment and object of the work of agricultural machinery: soil, ; stalked, liquid, pouring, absorbent, biologically active, chemically aggressive materials. Technologies of agricultural operations: regimes, energetic and costs. Conditioning and storing of plant production. Constructions of machinery: agritechnical requirements, technological parameters, technological and kinematic scheme. |
| Compulsory reading |
| 1. Lauksaimniecības mašīnas / J.Ozola redakcijā. – Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1993. – 414,; il.
2. Сельскохозяйственныу и мелиративные машины / Под общей редакцией Г.Е. Листопада – Москва, Колос, 1979 – 749 с. |
| Further reading |
| 1. CIGR handbook of agricultural engineering. – 1999. – Vol.3: Plant production engineering. – 1999. – 632 p
2. Eichorn H. Landtechnik. – Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer GmbH&Co, 1985. – 660 S. |
| Periodicals and other sources |
| 1. Landtechnik / Fachzeitschrift fŅr Agrartechnik und ländliches Bauen.: Darmstadt
2. Agro Tops / Lauksaimniecības mēnešraksts: Rīga |