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http://dx.doi.org/10.5307/JBE.2004.29.6.501

Vibration Analysis of Pears in Packaged Freight Using Finite Element Method  

Kim M. S. (Division of Bioresource Engineering, Chungnam University)
Jung H. M. (Dept. of Packaging, Kyongbuk College and Science)
Kim K. B. (Center for Environment and Safety Measurement, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
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Journal of Biosystems Engineering / v.29, no.6, 2004 , pp. 501-507 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fruits we subjected to complex dynamic stresses in the transportation environment. During a long journey from the production area to markets, there is always some degree of vibration present. Vibration inputs are transmitted from the vehicle through the packaging to the fruit. Inside, these cause sustained bouncing of fruits against each other and container wall. These steady state vibration input may cause serious fruit injury, and this damage is particularly severe whenever the fruit inside the package is free to bounce, and is vibrated at its resonant frequency. The determination of the resonant frequencies of the fruit may help the packaging designer to determine the proper packaging system providing adequate protection for the fruit, and to understand the complex interaction between the components of fruit when they relate to expected transportation vibration inputs. The vibration characteristics of the pears in corrugated fiberboard container in transit were analyzed using FEM (finite element method) modeling, and the FEM modeling approach was first validated by comparing the results obtained from simulation and experiment for the pear in the frequency range 3 to 150 Hz and acceleration level of 0.25 G-rms and it was found that between simulated and measured frequencies of the pears have a relatively good agreement. It was observed that the fruit and vegetables in corrugated fiberboard container could be analyzed by finite element method. As the elastic modulus of the cushion materials of corrugated fiberboard pad and tray cup decreased, the first frequencies of upper and lower pears increased and the peak acceleration decreased.
Keywords
Corrugated fiberboard container; Finite element method; Modeling; Vibration;
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