Finite element study of the melon for nondestructive sensing of firmness

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1057-1065

  Chen, H ^a   De Baerdemaeker, J ^b,c   Bellon, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b ASAE ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element; Firmness; Melon; Sensing; Watercore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029838309     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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