Subsoiler Tool with Bio-Inspired Attack Edge for Reducing Draft Force during Soil Tillage
, Ernesto MartÃnez-Reyes 1, Cornelio Morales-Morales 2,*, Lenin Ramos-Cantú 3,*, Mirna Castro-Bello 4 and Armida González-Lorence 2Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsI propose to publish the paper in present form.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsDear Authors,
congratulation for the good work.
Some suggestions
1. I think Table 4 should be moved in Results and Discussion section.
2. In Discussion i think you should find previous studies and compared yours with the others.
3. do not use italics in units e.g. write m instead of m
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsDear Editor-in-Chief,
I hope you are well.
Thank you for providing the work Subsoiler tool with bio-inspired attack edge for reducing draft force on soil tillage. This all reports on a subject of great relevance in soil mechanics, and its applications are extremely important. Although the work is well written, some observations must be taken into account. Furthermore, each modification must be highlighted or clarified!
One issue that caught my attention is that, unfortunately, no works are presented in the Discussion section. This type of presentation causes a comparative impoverishment of already published studies. Please show relevant studies that made similar applications. This will make the work more robust.
Below are my observations:
Line 69: Please change mus to Mus. This is a scientific name for the species, so it must be with M and not m.
Line 74: I think the Introduction section is well written, but was the work motivated by any hypotheses? If so, what is the hypothesis?
Line 97: It would be better to add Figure 1 below.
Line 104: Why was a 27º angle used?
Line 110: In descriptions, change to (a) Individual, (b) and (c), not a), b) and c)
Line 115: Is there any work that created this equation? If so, it should be mentioned!
Line 118: Change to "Fig. 1c shows"
Line 123 and 125: Paragraphs can be unified.
Line 155: Should be: "above Equation (5) indicates"
Line 170: When sizing your field, measurement units such as meter do not need to be in italics.
Furthermore, I believe it should be said what angle was applied in this example.
Line 179: What was the textural class of this soil?
Line 263: In Figure 5, what does the p mean?
Line 301: How many % was this difference?
Line 357: Table 4 is in an inappropriate location. Please place it just below your call.
Line 386: What do you hope for in future studies? What applications? A recommendation would be very valuable.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageSome adjustments are necessary!
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Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsDear Editor-in-Chief,
Thank you very much for making this study available.
The authors did a great job of corrections and the improvement was clear in the text. I'm satisfied with the adjustments.
All the best.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageMinimal adjustments.
