Determining effects of fertilizer particle shape on aerodynamic properties

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Walker, J T ^a,b   Grift, T E ^b   Hofstee, J W ^a,c  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic; Fertilizer; Granular; Spreading

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; PARTICLES;

AERODYNAMICS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPREADERS; TESTING; TURBULENT FLOW;

AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; FALL TEST; FERTILIZER PARTICLE SHAPE; SPREADING; TURBULENT AIRFLOW THEORY;

FERTILIZERS;

EID: 0030615361     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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