The Effects of Moisture Content, Compression Speeds, and Axes on Mechanical Properties of Walnut Cultivars

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1288-1295

  Altuntas, Ebubekir ^a   Erkol, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compression speed and axis; Mechanical properties; Moisture content; Walnut varieties

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION SPEED; MOISTURE CONTENTS; RUPTURE ENERGY; RUPTURE FORCES; WALNUT VARIETIES;

DEFORMATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SPEED;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA;

EID: 80051549055     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-009-0283-y     Document Type: Article

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