Aerodynamic properties of individual fertilizer particles

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-20

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

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic; Fall test; Fertilizer; Granular; Spreading

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES;

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NITRATES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POTASSIUM; SPREADERS; TESTING; VELOCITY;

AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; FALL TEST; FERTILIZER PARTICLES; SPREADING;

FERTILIZERS;

EID: 0030615365     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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