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Automatic Recording of Vibrational Properties of Foodstuffs
Author(s) -
DRAKE BIRGER
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1962.tb00079.x
Subject(s) - elasticity (physics) , degree (music) , young's modulus , materials science , biological system , mathematics , composite material , acoustics , physics , biology
SUMMARY An apparatus is described for automatic recording of mechanical resonance curves for test specimens of foodstuffs with the approximate size of 6 × 12 × 50 mm. The simple evaluation procedure described gives information on the modulus of elasticity (divided by the density) and degree of mechanical damping.