Mechanical behavior of pistachio nut and its kernel under compression loading

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 499-504

  Nazari Galedar, M ^a   Mohtasebi, S S ^a   Tabatabaeefar, A ^a   Jafari, A ^a   Fadaei, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deformation; Pistachio; Rupture energy; Rupture force

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION LOADING; COMPRESSIVE FORCES; LOADING AXIS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE LEVEL; PISTACHIO; PISTACHIO NUT; RUPTURE ENERGY; RUPTURE FORCE; RUPTURE FORCES; TRANSVERSE AXIS;

DEFORMATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; TOOLS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 68349133487     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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