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vol. 2, nr. 1 (2003)



 
Application of the nondesctructive method to investigations mechanical properties of sugar beet roots
Józef Gorzelany, Czesław Puchalski
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Mechanisation Department of Agriculture, University of Rzeszów, ul. Ćwiklińskiej 2, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland

vol. 2 (2003), nr. 1, pp. 61-71
abstract: The article contents results of investigations of sugar beet roots resistance to mechanical damage. The force rapture of skin and root tissue using plunger (static loading) with some parameters measured by non destructive method with piezoelectric sensor and plunger of 11 mm diameter were analysed. The study for two sugar beet root varieties during harvest and storage period were conducted.
keywords: sugar beets, mechanical damage, non destructive method
original in: Polish