Fiber Length Distribution in Cotton Processing: A Finite Mixture Distribution Model

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 688-698

  Krifa, Mourad ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cotton fiber properties; fiber breakage; fiber length; length distribution; mixture distribution model

Indexed keywords

COTTON; COTTON FIBERS; MIXTURES;

FIBER BREAKAGES; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER PROPERTIES; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; MIXTURE DISTRIBUTION MODELS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COTTON; FIBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

COTTON FIBER; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER PROPERTY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 51649128917     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517508083729     Document Type: Article

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