Investigation of the effect of shape on the acoustic response of 'conference' pears by finite element modelling

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Jancsók, Pal T ^a   Clijmans, Luc ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^b   De Baerdemaeker, Josse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Experimental modal analysis; Finite element; Firmness; Fruit quality measurement; Pear

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0041679001     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-5214(01)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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