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International Agrophysics
wydawca:Instytut Agrofizyki
im. B. Dobrzańskiego
PAN
w Lublinie
ISSN: 0236-8722


vol. 14, nr. 1 (2000)

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Geometry of cereal stalk cross-section
Gowin J.
Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland

vol. 14 (2000), nr. 1, pp. 33-36
streszczenie Accuracy of determining mechanical properties of the stalk depends, to a large extent, on the accuracy of determining characteristics of the sample cross-sectional geometry. Accurate calculations are very difficult due to geometrically complex shape of this cross-section. Generally, the cross-section is assumed to be shaped like a filled hollow or hollow ellipse and the stalk material to be homogeneous and mechanically isotropic. The paper presents two new, more accurate methods for determining cross-sectional area and the moment of inertia of the stalk cross-section. The first method is an application of a measuring microscope, the second one an application of a PC image analysis programme.
słowa kluczowe cereal stalk, mechanical properties, image analysis