Abstract:Aiming to address the issue of high breakage rates during the harvesting of high-moisture corn kernels, a threshable simulated electronic corn ear was designed. It was embedded with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) module and a flexible film pressure sensor, which can detect the dynamic impact force and static squeezing force during the threshing process in real time. Furthermore, it provided a technical method for exploring the principle of grain breakage during the threshing process. To verify the working performance of the simulated electronic corn ear, dynamic impact force test and static squeezing force test were conducted separately. The results of the dynamic impact force detection test showed that the average error of the impact force was 0.91N, the maximum error was 2.25N, and the average detection accuracy was 98.15%. The results of the static squeezing pressure detection test showed that the average detection error of the squeezing pressure was 2.47N, and the maximum average detection error was 7.25N. The curve fitting degree with the universal testing machine was high, and the R2 was 0.9874. Finally, threshing tests on the simulated electronic corn ear under actual working conditions were conducted by using a longitudinal flow threshing device. The experimental results indicated that the electronic corn ear could effectively detect its stress parameters in the threshing device. Under the conditions of a feeding rate of 2.5kg/s, a threshing drum speed of 450r/min, a threshing gap of 40mm, and a guide angle of 45°, the average impact force on the electronic corn ear was 17.40N, and the maximum impact force was 70.73N. The average squeezing force was 34.49N, and the maximum squeezing force was 96.30N. The research result can provide a technical means for analyzing the stress parameters of corn ears under high-speed flow group threshing conditions, and provide a new research method for exploring the principle of grain breakage.