Determination of the Viscoelastic Properties of Agar/Agar-Gelatin Gels Based on Finite Element Method Optimization

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-532

  Kim, Gyeong Won ^a   Do, Gab Soo ^b   Bae, Yeonghwan ^c   Sagara, Yasuyuki ^d  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

agar; creep; FEM optimization; gel; gelatin; homogeneous structure; stress relaxation; viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868196019     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.14.525     Document Type: Article

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