%0 Journal Article %T Modeling the process of belt feeding of seedlings in a forest planting machine based on the discrete element method %A Drapalyuk, M.V. %A Shkol'nyh, A.V. %K discrete element method (DEM); timber planting machine; belt feed mechanism; force impact; seedling; mathematical modeling; parametric analysis; biomechanical safety; virtual prototyping %J Forestry Engineering Journal %D 2026 %N 16 %P 18 %I FSBE Institution of Higher Education Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov