A study of rice fissuring by finite-element simulation of internal stresses combined with high-speed microscopy imaging of fissure appearance

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 741-749

  Jia, C C ^a   Yang, Wade ^a   Siebenmorgen, Terry J ^a   Bautista, Rustico C ^a   Cnossen, Auke G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracking; Drying; Fissures; Fissuring; High speed imaging; Internal stresses; Numerical simulation; Rice

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DRYING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

RICE KERNEL;

AGRICULTURE;

DRYING; GRAIN; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION;

CEREAL; RICE;

EID: 0036590394     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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