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MEASUREMENT BY COMPRESSION TEST OF IMPACT DAMAGE TO CITRUS FRUITS *
Author(s) -
FLUCK RICHARD C.,
AHMED ESAM M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of texture studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1745-4603
pISSN - 0022-4901
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4603.1974.tb00859.x
Subject(s) - materials science , compression test , compression (physics) , drop (telecommunication) , composite material , hysteresis , deformation (meteorology) , drop test , structural engineering , mechanics , geotechnical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
. Oranges and grapefruit were subjected to single and repeated impact drops from three heights. Subsequent measurements of the force‐deformation ratio and hysteresis loss were made with quasi‐static compression tests on the impacted whole fruit. Internal damage was indicated by a reduction in the force‐deformation ratio and an increase in the hysteresis loss for a single 100 cm drop and two or more drops from 25 or 50 cm heights.