A program in Visual Basic for predicting haulage and field performance of 2WD tractors

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Kumar, Ranjeet ^a   Pandey, K P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drawbar performance; Field operations; Fuel prediction model; Simulation; Traction equation coefficients; Visual programming

Indexed keywords

DRAWBAR PERFORMANCE; FIELD OPERATIONS; SIMULATION; TRACTION EQUATION COEFFICIENTS; VISUAL PROGRAMMING;

BASIC (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SPECIFICATIONS; TRACTION (FRICTION); TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; USER INTERFACES;

TRACTORS (TRUCK);

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DATABASE; HAULAGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67349250759     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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