Computer simulation of urea particle acceleration in an aerial spreader

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 951-957

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

^a ASAE ^*

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial application; Fertilizer application; FLUENT; Spreader

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DUCTS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; UREA FERTILIZERS;

AERIAL SPREADERS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLUENT;

SPREADERS;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER MODELING; PARTICLE; SPRAYING;

EID: 0032124513     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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