Determination of the viscoelastic properties of apple flesh under quasi-static compression based on finite element method optimization

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-231

  Kim, Gyeong Won ^a   Kim, Man Soo ^b   Sagara, Yasuyuki ^c   Bae, Yeong Hwan ^d   Lee, In Bok ^e   Do, Gab Soo ^f   Lee, Sung Hyoun ^a   Kang, Suk Won ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple flesh; Compression; FEM optimization; Stress relaxation; Vicoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 61849151927     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.14.221     Document Type: Article

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