Modelling the load distribution of stacked apples and other spherical objects

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-72

  Studman, C J ^a   Geyer, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

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EID: 0036038021     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bioe.2001.0022     Document Type: Article

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