Flowability parameters for chopped switchgrass, wheat straw and corn stover

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2008, ASABE 2008

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 3792-3803

  Chevanan, Nehru ^a   Womac, Alvin R ^a   Bitra, Venkata S ^a   Yoder, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn stover; Direct shear test; Switchgrass; Unconfined yield strength; Wheat straw; Yield loci

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); FRICTION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TRIBOLOGY; YIELD STRESS;

CORN STOVER; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; SWITCHGRASS; UNCONFINED YIELD STRENGTH; WHEAT STRAW; YIELD LOCI;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 63249108253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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