Effects of moisture content, loading rate, and grain orientation on fracture resistance of barley grain

Research in Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 85-93

  Tavakoli, H ^a   Mohtasebi, S S ^a   Rajabipour, A ^a   Tavakoli, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barley grain; Fracture resistance; Grain processing; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM;

EID: 70350173306     PISSN: 12129151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/6/2009-rae     Document Type: Article

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