scholarly journals State-space approach for the analysis of soil water content and temperature in a sugarcane crop

1999 ◽  
Vol 56 (4 suppl) ◽  
pp. 1215-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Durval Dourado-Neto ◽  
Luís Carlos Timm ◽  
Julio Cesar Martins de Oliveira ◽  
Klaus Reichardt ◽  
Osny Oliveira Santos Bacchi ◽  
...  

The state-space approach is used to describe surface soil water content and temperature behaviour, in a field experiment in which sugarcane is submitted to different management practices. The treatments consisted of harvest trash mulching, bare soil, and burned trash, all three in a ratoon crop, after first cane harvest. One transect of 84 points was sampled, meter by meter, covering all treatments and borders. The state-space approach is described in detail and the results show that soil water contents measured along the transect could successfully be estimated from water content and temperature observations made at the first neighbour.

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. Timm ◽  
K. Reichardt ◽  
J. C. M. Oliveira ◽  
F. A. M. Cassaro ◽  
T. T. Tominaga ◽  
...  

The state-space approach is used to evaluate the relation between soil physical and chemical properties in an area cultivated with sugarcane. The experiment was carried out on a Rhodic Kandiudalf in Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Sugarcane was planted on an area of 0.21 ha i.e., in 15 rows 100 m long, spaced 1.4 m. Soil water content, soil organic matter, clay content and aggregate stability were sampled along a transect of 84 points, meter by meter. The state-space approach is used to evaluate how the soil water content is affected by itself and by soil organic matter, clay content, and aggregate stability of neighboring locations, in different combinations, aiming to contribute to a better understanding of the relation among these variables in the soil. Results show that soil water contents were successfully estimated by this approach. Best performances were found when the estimate of soil water content at locations i was related to soil water content, clay content and aggregate stability at locations i-1. Results also indicate that this state-space model using all series describes the soil water content better than any equivalent multiple regression equation.


1985 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Morkoc ◽  
J. W. Biggar ◽  
D. R. Nielsen ◽  
D. E. Rolston

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1013-1016
Author(s):  
Reiji KIMURA ◽  
Yuanbo LIU ◽  
Naru TAKAYAMA ◽  
Makio KAMICHIKA ◽  
Nobuhiro MATSUOKA ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 2375-2391
Author(s):  
Asad S Albostami ◽  
Zhangjian Wu ◽  
Lee S Cunningham

In this article, cross-laminated timber panels are investigated as a novel engineering application of the state-space approach. As cross-laminated timber is a laminated composite panel, the three-dimensional analytical method provided by the state-space approach offers the potential for improved accuracy over existing common approaches to the analysis of cross-laminated timber. Before focusing on the specific application to cross-laminated timber, the general theory of the state-space approach is outlined. The method is then applied to describe the behaviour of a number of cross-laminated timber panel configurations previously examined experimentally and analytically. In order to demonstrate the capability of the state-space approach in this application, the results are compared with those from various two-dimensional and three-dimensional analytical approaches and finite element modelling briefly. With a view to design, different failure criteria are explored to assess the ultimate strength of the cross-laminated timber panels. The state-space approach demonstrates its superior capability in capturing the nonlinear distribution of the elastic stresses through the thickness of the cross-laminated timber panels over a range of span-to-thickness ratios common in practical applications.


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