Characterization of textural failure mechanics of strawberry fruit
- Submitting institution
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University of Wolverhampton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1623
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2020.110016
- Title of journal
- Journal of Food Engineering
- Article number
- ARTN 110016
- First page
- 110016
- Volume
- 282
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0260-8774
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper reports a novel simple method to quantitatively assess the degree of fruit damage and provide Knowledge on textural failure mechanics which is a prerequisite for developing harvest robots. The study revealed the importance of the compression direction on fruit damage. The results have been used by the team to develop a new extended finite element modelling- based tool for study fruit rupture and crack propagation with applications to other soft materials. A postharvest maturity model that could help fresh produce retailers to make economical distribution scheduling (https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10091330) has been developed based on our experimental conditions.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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