Research Article

Lightweight and High-Strength Design of an Excavator Bucket under Uncertain Loading

Table 1

Parameters used for the calculation of the force components [11].

ParameterSymbolValueUnit

Soil density2050
Soil internal friction angle35
Soil adhesion5000
Soil terrain inclination angle0
Soil cohesion22000
Soil-bucket friction angle23.3
Coefficient of earth pressure at rest0.55ā€”
Bucket width1.11
Blunt edge angle53