Table 1 The shape and size parameters of pure sheep manure organic fertilizer particles.

From: Experimental study on DEM parameters calibration for organic fertilizer by the particle swarm optimization − backpropagation neural networks

Parameters

Length L1(mm)

Width W1(mm)

Thickness T1(mm)

Equivalent diameter D1(mm)

Sphericity (%)

Maximum

6.75

5.44

5.65

5.48

1.20

Minimum

3.13

3.12

2.94

3.12

0.74

Average value

4.49

4.28

4.24

4.32

0.97