Validating FLUENT for the flow of granular materials in aerial spreaders

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Bansal, R K ^a   Walker, J T ^a   Gardisser, D R ^a   Grift, T E ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial; Fertilizer; FLUENT; Spreader

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DUCTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; UREA FERTILIZERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AERIAL SPREADERS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLUENT;

SPREADERS;

COMPUTER MODELING; GRANULAR MATERIAL; SOLID FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031956712     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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