Dynamic Friction Coefficient Measurement of Granular Fertiliser Particles

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-515

  Grift, T E ^a   Kweon, G ^a   Hofstee, J W ^b   Piron, E ^c   Villette, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MECHANICAL FRICTION COEFFICIENT; NEAR-GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; RADIAL PARTICLE VELOCITY;

FERTILIZERS;

AERODYNAMICS; FERTILIZERS; SENSORS; VELOCITY;

EID: 33751320358     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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