Determination of Time Dependent Stress Distribution on Potato Tubers at Mechanical Collision

Celik, H Kursat and Cinar, Recep and Rennie, Allan Edward Watson and Ulmeanu, Mihaela-Elena and Akinci, Ibrahim (2018) Determination of Time Dependent Stress Distribution on Potato Tubers at Mechanical Collision. In: CIGR 2018: XIX World Congress of CIGR. UNSPECIFIED, Antalya, Turkey, p. 123.

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Abstract

This study focuses on determining internal stress progression and the realistic representation of time dependent deformation behaviour of potato tubers under a sample mechanical collision case. A reverse engineering approach, physical material tests and finite element method (FEM)-based explicit dynamics simulations were utilised to investigate the collision based deformation characteristics of the potato tubers. Useful numerical data and deformation visuals were obtained from the simulation results. The numerical results are presented in a format that can be used for the determination of bruise susceptibility magnitude on solid-like agricultural products. The modulus of elasticity was calculated from experimental data as 3.12 [MPa] and simulation results showed that the maximum equivalent stress was 1.40 [MPa] and 3.13 [MPa] on the impacting and impacted tubers respectively. These stress values indicate that bruising is likely on the tubers. This study contributes to further research on the usage of numerical-methods-based nonlinear explicit dynamics simulation techniques in complicated deformation and bruising investigations and industrial applications related to solid-like agricultural products.

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Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings
Subjects:
?? BRUISE PROGRESSIONDEFORMATION SIMULATIONFINITE ELEMENT METHODEXPLICIT DYNAMICSPOTATO TUBER ??
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126327
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Deposited On:
16 Aug 2018 10:26
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