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THE USE OF A COMPUTER WITH AN INSTRON FOR TEXTURAL MEASUREMENTS 3
Author(s) -
ABBOTT J. A.,
MASSIE D. R.,
ADA A. E. WAT
Publication year - 1982
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.1745-4603.1982.tb00895.x
Subject(s) - texture (cosmology) , minicomputer , deformation (meteorology) , identification (biology) , computer science , materials science , artificial intelligence , composite material , image (mathematics) , botany , biology , operating system
A minicomputer was interfaced with an Instron so that force/deformation tests could be performed and analyzed automatically. The equipment eliminates time consuming measurements and transcription of data from recorder charts. The data extracted include force, deformation, slope and area variables not previously reported as well as the usual texture profile parameters. Procedures and analyses are illustrated by texture profile measurement of apple tissue. Comparison of visually and computer selected force at failure indicate satisfactory computer identification of the Texture Profile “yracturability” parameter, the parameter most difficult to interpret for apples.