On the use of plate-type normal pressure cells in silos. Part 1: Calibration and evaluation

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Ramirez A ^a   Nielsen, J ^b   Ayuga, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calibration methods; Measuring error; Normal pressure cell; Plate type; Silo; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AIR-PRESSURE; BOUNDARY CONSTRAINTS; CALIBRATION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MEASURING DEVICE; MEASURING ERRORS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; NORMAL PRESSURE CELL; PLATE-TYPE; PRESSURE CELL; SILO WALL; SOLID BASIS; STEEL SILOS; TEST RESULTS;

CALIBRATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW PATTERNS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH; STIFFNESS;

CELLS;

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTALLATION; NONLINEARITY; PRESSURE FIELD; SILO; STEEL; STIFFNESS;

EID: 76049107575     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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