Economical hand-pushed digital cone penetrometer

International Agrophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Naderi Boldaji, M ^a   Alimardani, R ^a   Sharifi, A ^b   Tabatabaeefar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data logging system; Hand pushed penetrometer; Load cell; Penetration resistance

Indexed keywords

DIGITIZATION; PENETROMETER; SOFTWARE; SOIL STRENGTH; TILLAGE;

EID: 63049105471     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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