Fruit biomechanics based on anatomy: A review

International Agrophysics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-106

  Li, Zhiguo ^a   Yang, Hongling ^a   Li, Pingping ^b   Liu, Jizhan ^b   Wang, Jizhang ^b   Xu, Yunfeng ^b  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biomechanics; Finite element analysis; Fruit; Multiscale modelling

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRUIT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84878080382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02368722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10247-012-0073-z     Document Type: Review

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