Simulation studies of urea deposition pattern from an aerial spreader

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 537-544

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

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial application; AGDISP; Fertilizer; FLUENT; Spreaders

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; UREA FERTILIZERS;

AERIAL SPREADERS;

SPREADERS;

DEPOSITION; GRANULAR MATERIAL; SOLID FLOW;

EID: 0032077773     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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