Optimization of a citrus canopy shaker harvesting system: Properties and modeling of tree limbs

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 971-985

  Gupta, Susheel K ^b   Ehsani, Reza ^a,b   Kim, Nam Ho ^c  

^a ASABE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy shaker; Citrus; Dynamic simulation; Finite element methods; Harvester; Modeling; Optimization; Response surface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRUITS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; MODELS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; ORCHARDS; STEAM TURBINES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CANOPY SHAKER; CITRUS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; LOAD-DEFLECTION CURVE; POLYNOMIAL RESPONSE SURFACE MODEL; RESPONSE SURFACE; STATISTICAL MODELING; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST;

FORESTRY;

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRUIT; LIMB; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH WORK; WOOD;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 84941563669     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.58.10818     Document Type: Article

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