Application of vibration response for the nondestructive ripeness evaluation of watermelons

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 920-925

  Abbaszadeh, R ^a   Rajabipour, A ^a   Delshad, M ^a   Mahjub, M ^a   Ahmadi, H ^a   Lague C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Damping ratio; LDV; Resonance frequency; Vibration response; Watermelon ripeness

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 79961056392     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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