A tractor-mounted, automated soil penetrometer-shearometer unit for mapping soil mechanical properties

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-396

  Boon, N E ^a   Yahya, A ^a   Kheiralla, A F ^a   Wee, B S ^a   Gew, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MOISTURE; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SAMPLING; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEPPING MOTORS; TORQUE; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

SHEAROMETER; SOIL PENETRATION; SOIL SHEAR STRESS; TRACTOR POSITION;

SOILS;

DATA PROCESSING; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE; TRACTORS;

EID: 16244377478     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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