An improved penetrometer technique for determining bale density

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-277

  Sun, Y ^a   Buescher, W ^b   Lin, J ^c   Schulze Lammers, P ^b   Ross, F ^b   Maack, C ^b   Cheng, Q ^a   Sun, W ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

BULK DENSITY; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; MAP-BASED ANALYSIS; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; SITE-SPECIFIC; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; VARIABLE CHAMBER;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 75349112729     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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