Some material properties of sugar beet roots

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 507-510

  Alizadeh, H ^a   Segerlind, L J ^b,c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b ASAE ^*  (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Handling; Modulus of elasticity; Poisson's ratio; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CROPS; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FUNCTIONS; MATERIALS HANDLING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; POISSON'S RATIO;

SUGAR BEETS;

EID: 0031192825     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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