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Determination of Physical Properties of Some Agricultural Grains
S. Gürsoy and E. Güzel
Corresponding Author: Songül Gürsoy
Submitted: 2010 June, 02
Accepted: 2010 July, 01
Published: 2010 August, 01 |
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In this study, for the purpose of determining physical and aerodynamic properties, some varieties
of wheat, barley, chickpea and lentil were used. The length, width, thickness, geometric mean diameter,
equivalent sphere diam eter, sphericity, seed mass, bulk density, true density, projected area, terminal velocity,
drag coefficient of each grain variety were determined. The theoretical terminal velocities of those grains were
calculated by using equations corrected with the shape factor. For all the grains, theoretical terminal velocities
were lower than the experimental values. The average experimental terminal velocity was found to be in the
range of 7.52 to 8.14 m/s for wheat varieties, 7.04 to 7.07 m /s for barley varieties, 7.72 to 7.78 m/s for lentil
varieties and 11.15 to 12.01 m/s for chickpea varieties. The drag coefficients of seeds according to projected
areas in different positions and equivalent spheres were calculated. The drag coefficient in the position of the
lowest projected area for all the grain varieties was higher than that in the other position.
Key words: Aerodynamic, drag coefficient, grain, physical properties, , ,
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S. Gürsoy and E. Güzel, . Determination of Physical Properties of Some Agricultural Grains. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (5): Page No: 492-498.
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ISSN (Online): 2040-7467
ISSN (Print): 2040-7459 |
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