Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect

The micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue was studied using a miniature tensile stage positioned underneath a microscope that allowed for simultaneous acquisition of force-displacement curves while the deformation of the individual cells was followed and recorded. Tensile and compression tests w...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alamar, María C., Vanstreels, E., Oey, M. L., Moltó, Enrique, Nicolai, Bart M.
Formato: article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5143
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0260877407005286?via%3Dihub
_version_ 1855032232667774976
author Alamar, María C.
Vanstreels, E.
Oey, M. L.
Moltó, Enrique
Nicolai, Bart M.
author_browse Alamar, María C.
Moltó, Enrique
Nicolai, Bart M.
Oey, M. L.
Vanstreels, E.
author_facet Alamar, María C.
Vanstreels, E.
Oey, M. L.
Moltó, Enrique
Nicolai, Bart M.
author_sort Alamar, María C.
collection ReDivia
description The micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue was studied using a miniature tensile stage positioned underneath a microscope that allowed for simultaneous acquisition of force-displacement curves while the deformation of the individual cells was followed and recorded. Tensile and compression tests were performed on small samples of apple parenchyma of two different cultivars (Jonagored and Braeburn) and two storage conditions (control and shelf-life). Tests on the repeatability of the methods has provided satisfactory results and will allow the reduction of samples in further experiments. Under tensile loading, no differences for any of the mechanical parameters were found between cultivars, while a significant storage effect was observed for both cultivars. This opens the possibility of developing new sensors for quality assessment. Differences were found when studying the relationship of mechanical properties at the micro- and macro-level, which requires further investigation. The insights gained in this research will be useful when developing mathematical models based upon the mechanical behaviour of apple tissue.
format article
id ReDivia5143
institution Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA)
language Inglés
publishDate 2017
publishDateRange 2017
publishDateSort 2017
record_format dspace
spelling ReDivia51432025-04-25T14:45:30Z Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect Alamar, María C. Vanstreels, E. Oey, M. L. Moltó, Enrique Nicolai, Bart M. Histology Malus domestica Texture Firmness Elasticity Storage The micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue was studied using a miniature tensile stage positioned underneath a microscope that allowed for simultaneous acquisition of force-displacement curves while the deformation of the individual cells was followed and recorded. Tensile and compression tests were performed on small samples of apple parenchyma of two different cultivars (Jonagored and Braeburn) and two storage conditions (control and shelf-life). Tests on the repeatability of the methods has provided satisfactory results and will allow the reduction of samples in further experiments. Under tensile loading, no differences for any of the mechanical parameters were found between cultivars, while a significant storage effect was observed for both cultivars. This opens the possibility of developing new sensors for quality assessment. Differences were found when studying the relationship of mechanical properties at the micro- and macro-level, which requires further investigation. The insights gained in this research will be useful when developing mathematical models based upon the mechanical behaviour of apple tissue. 2017-06-01T10:11:46Z 2017-06-01T10:11:46Z 2008 JUN 2008 article acceptedVersion Alamar, M.C., Vanstreels, E., Oey, M.L., Moltó, E., Nicolai, B. M. (2008). Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect. Journal of Food Engineering, 86(3), 324-333. 0260-8774 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5143 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2007.10.012 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0260877407005286?via%3Dihub en openAccess Impreso
spellingShingle Histology
Malus domestica
Texture
Firmness
Elasticity
Storage
Alamar, María C.
Vanstreels, E.
Oey, M. L.
Moltó, Enrique
Nicolai, Bart M.
Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect
title Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect
title_full Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect
title_fullStr Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect
title_full_unstemmed Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect
title_short Micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests: Storage conditions and cultivar effect
title_sort micromechanical behaviour of apple tissue in tensile and compression tests storage conditions and cultivar effect
topic Histology
Malus domestica
Texture
Firmness
Elasticity
Storage
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5143
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0260877407005286?via%3Dihub
work_keys_str_mv AT alamarmariac micromechanicalbehaviourofappletissueintensileandcompressiontestsstorageconditionsandcultivareffect
AT vanstreelse micromechanicalbehaviourofappletissueintensileandcompressiontestsstorageconditionsandcultivareffect
AT oeyml micromechanicalbehaviourofappletissueintensileandcompressiontestsstorageconditionsandcultivareffect
AT moltoenrique micromechanicalbehaviourofappletissueintensileandcompressiontestsstorageconditionsandcultivareffect
AT nicolaibartm micromechanicalbehaviourofappletissueintensileandcompressiontestsstorageconditionsandcultivareffect