Effects of insert edge design and insertion and sealing techniques on soil air permeability measurement

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1269-1273

  Liang, P ^a,b   Bowers Jr , C G ^a,b   Bowen, H D ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Box 7625   (United States)

Author keywords

Air flow rate; Air permeability; Air permeameter; Seal; Soil insert

Indexed keywords

SEALS; SOILS;

MEASUREMENT; PERMEABILITY; PERMEAMETER; SEAL METHOD; SOIL AIR;

EID: 0029659728     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Boedicker, J. J. 1972. A moving air source probe for measuring air permeability, Unpub. Ph.D. thesis, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Dept., North Carolina State Univ.
2. Bowen, H. D. 1985. Air permeability measurement. In Proc. Int. Conf. on Soil Dynamics, vol., 3:481-489. Auburn Univ., Auburn, Ala.
3. _. 1966. Measurement of edaphic factors for determining planter specifications. Transactions of the ASAE 9(5):240-246, 249.
4. Bowen, H. D. and P. Liang. 1988. Interpreting air permeability readings in growth media. ASAE Paper No. 88-1629. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE.
5. Evans, D. D. and D. Kirkham. 1949. Measurement of the air permeability of soil in situ. Soil Science Soc. Am. Proc. 14:65-73.
6. Grover, B. L. 1955. Simplified air permeameters for soil in place. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 19:414-418.
7. Liang, P., C. G. Bowers Jr. and H. D. Bowen. 1995. Finite element model to determine the shape factor for soil air permeability measurements. Transactions of the ASAE 38(4):997-1003.
8. SAS Institute, Inc. 1992. SAS/STAT User's Guide, 4th Ed., ver. 6. Cary, N.C.: SAS Institute, Inc.