Mechanical behaviour and properties of agricultural nets-Part I: Testing methods for agricultural nets

Polymer Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 822-832

  Briassoulis, D ^a   Mistriotis, A ^a   Eleftherakis, D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural nets; Impact resistance; Mesh breaking; Tensile properties; Testing methods

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CULTIVATION; IMPACT RESISTANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

AGRICULTURAL NETS; CRITICAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MESH BREAKING; TESTING METHODS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547682284     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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