Predicting the draught requirements of concave agricultural discs

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-224

  Hettiaratchi, D R P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

DRAUGHT FORCE; MOHR-COULOMB SOIL; SOIL CUTTING;

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031131377     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-4898(97)00034-7     Document Type: Article

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