Estimating mean particle diameter in free-fall granular particle flow using a Poisson model in space

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Grift, T E ^a   Crespi, C M ^b  

^a University of Illinois ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOW OF WATER; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARTICLE SIZE; POISSON EQUATION; SENSORS; STANDARDS;

BREAK DOWN; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DATA-SETS; FLOW DENSITY; FLOW REGIMES; FREE-FALL; HIGH-DENSITY; MEAN DIAMETER; MEAN LENGTH; MEAN PARTICLE DIAMETERS; MEAN VALUE; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT MODELS; PARTICLE FLOWS; POISSON MODELS; POISSON PROCESSES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSORS;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 50049122381     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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