Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-333

  Alamar, M C ^a   Vanstreels, E ^b   Oey, M L ^c   Molto E ^a   Nicolai B M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Firmness; Histology; Malus domestica; Storage; Texture

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPRESSION TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMECHANICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSORS; TENSILE TESTING;

MALUS DOMESTICA; MICROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; TENSILE LOADING;

TISSUE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 37449005588     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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