Anti-clogging performance evaluation and parameterized design of emitters with labyrinth channels

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-65

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Zhao, Wanhua ^a   Tang, Yiping ^a   Lu, Bingheng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti clogging performance; Emitter; Labyrinth channel; Passage rate of particles

Indexed keywords

ANTI-CLOGGING PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EMITTER; EVALUATION INDEX; INFLUENCE DEGREE; KEY FACTORS; KEY PARAMETERS; LABYRINTH CHANNEL; LAGRANGIAN REFERENCE FRAME; MATHEMATIC MODEL; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION; ORTHOGONAL DESIGN; PARAMETERIZED DESIGN; PASSAGE RATE OF PARTICLES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; STOCHASTIC TRAJECTORY MODELS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EQUIPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE MOTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 77956907515     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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