Modelling fruit microstructure using novel ellipse tessellation algorithm

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Mebatsion, H K ^a   Verboven, P ^a   Ho, Q T ^a   Mendoza, F ^a   Verlinden, B E ^b   Nguyen, T A ^a   Nicolai B M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Flanders Centre of Postharvest Technology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Gas transport; Multiscale model; Virtual tissue; Water transport

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AUTOCORRELATION; GAS TRANSPORT; MULTISCALE MODEL; VIRTUAL TISSUE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ELLIPSOMETRY;

EID: 33748867411     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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