English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

The bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is a fruit that after drying becomes hollow and similar to the wood. It has spread all over the continents and is used by different peoples in the handmade confection of containers, musical instruments and buoys. With an annual productive cycle and high productivity, is an alternative renewable source. Its use in the design of new products depends on the definition of the main properties. The characterization was done through thermogravimetric analysis, determination of moisture content, basic and apparent density and water absorption test. In thermogravimetric graphs, the similar behavior of bottle gourd and wood species on exposure to heat confirms that the chemical composition of both has many aspects in common. It has a very low heterogeneous density, on average 0.124 g / cm³, similar to the polymer foams. As for the water absorption, the samples had a mass increase of about 150% untilsaturation, being configured as a hydrophilic material.

blucher design proceedings

Caracterização do Porongo (Lagenaria siceraria): análise termogravimétrica, determinação do teor de umidade, da densidade básica e da densidade aparente