Development of screw conveyor performance models using dimensional analysis

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1757-1763

  Degirmencioglu, A ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b ASAE ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Augers; Conveying; Dimensional analysis; Screw conveyors

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; SCREW CONVEYOR PERFORMANCE MODELS;

CONVEYING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SCREW CONVEYORS;

EID: 0030238716     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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