Journal of Biosystems Engineering

Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery (한국농업기계학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Mechanical Behavior of Fruits under Compression Loading

과실의 압축특성에 관한 연구

  • Published : 2005.10.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Front the production on the farm to the consumer, agricultural products are subject to various physical treatments involving mechanical techniques and devices. It is essential to understand the physical laws governing the response of these biological materials so that the machines, processes, and handling operations can be designed fur maximum efficiency and the highest quality of the end products. A compression test system was developed to test the physical properties of fruits including apple, pear, and peach which may lead to a better understanding of the physical laws. The test system consisted of a digital storage oscilloscope and simple mechanism which can apply quasi-static compression to fresh fruits. Rupture force, energy, and deformation were measured at the five levels of compression speed from 1.25 to 62.5 mm/min for each internal and external tissues. Rupture forces for apple and pear were in the range of 42.2 to 46.2 N and 38.8 to 41.2 N for external and infernal tissues, respectively. Rupture forces fir peach external tissues were in the range of 48.2 to 54.0 N.

Keywords

References

  1. ASAE. 1983. Agricultural Engineers Yearbook of STANDARDS : 325-337
  2. Fletchers, S. W. 1971. Mechanical Behavior of Processed Apples. Transactions of the ASAE. 14(1):14-19 https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.38213
  3. Fletchers, S. W., Mohsenin, N. N., Hammerle, J. R. and Turkey, L. D. 1985. Mechanical Behavior of Selected Fruits and Vegetables under Fast Rate of Loading. Transactions of the ASAE. 8(3):324-326.6
  4. Fridley, R. B., Bradley, R. A., Rumsey, J. W. and Adrian, P. A. 1968. Some aspects of elastic behavior of selected fruits. Transactions of the ASAE. 11(1):46-49 https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.39329
  5. Kim, M. S., Park, J. M. and Choi, D. S. 1992. Force-Deformation Characteristics of the Fruit Flesh. Journal of the Korea Society for Agricultural Machinery 17(2):156-170. (In Korean)
  6. Nelson, C. W. and Mohsenin, N. N. 1968, Maximum Allowable Static and Dynamic Loads and Effect of Temperature for Mechanical Injury in Apples. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 13(4):305-317 https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-8634(68)90141-8
  7. Rao, V. N. M., Hamann, D. D. and Humphries, E. G. 1974. Mechanical Testign as a Measure of Kinesthetic Quality of Raw and Baked Sweet Potatoes. Transactions of the ASAE. 17(6): 1187-1190 https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.37058
  8. Wright, F. S. and Splinter, W. E. 1968. Mechanical behavior of sweet potatoes under slow loading and Impact loading. Transactions of the ASAE. 11(1):765-770 https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.39518
  9. Wright, F. S., Splinter, W. E. and Kushmann, L. J. 1968. Influence of variety, time from harvest, and storage conditioins on mechanical behavior of the sweet potatoes. Transactions fo the ASAE. 11(1):81-85 https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.39339

Cited by

  1. Mechanical Behavior of Potato and Sweet Potato under Impact and Compression Loading vol.31, pp.4, 2006, https://doi.org/10.5307/JBE.2006.31.4.369