Mass flow measurement of granular materials in aerial application - Part 1: Simulation and modeling

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-26

  Grift, T E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial application; Clustering process; Fertilizer; Mass flow measurement; MatLab

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FERTILIZERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SENSORS; SPREADERS;

AERIAL SPREADER DUCTS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

FERTILIZER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRANULAR SOLID; SOLID FLOW;

EID: 0034804636     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Adjustment of granular spreaders on agricultural aircraft
2. Mass flow measurement of granular materials in aerial application - Part 2: Experimental model validation
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4. Measurement of velocity and diameter of individual fertilizer particles by an optical method
5. Development of a new method for spread pattern determination