Validation of a finite-element stored grain ecosystem model

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1465-1474

  Montross, Michael D ^a   Maier, Dirk E ^b,c   Haghighi, Kamyar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeration; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Modeling; Storage

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AERATION; GRAIN; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MODELING; STORAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036766812     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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