Response of UFO (upright fruiting offshoots) on cherry trees to mechanical harvest by dynamic vibratory excitation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 345-354

  Du, X ^a,b   Chen, D ^a,c   Zhang, Q ^a   Scharf, P A ^a   Whiting, M D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fruit tree biomechanics; Mechanical harvest; Resonant frequency; UFO cherry tree; Vibratory energy transmission

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FRUIT TREES; MECHANICAL HARVEST; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; TARGET AND NON TARGETS; UFO CHERRY TREE; VIBRATORY ENERGY;

BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTS; FRUITS; HARVESTING; KINETICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ORCHARDS;

FORESTRY;

AMPLIFICATION; BIOMECHANICS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; FRUIT; FRUITING; ORCHARD; VIBRATION;

PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 84878607885     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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