Food engineers and researchers have been making numerous attempts to mathematically
model and simulate the underlying mechanisms of plant food drying in order to optimise the …

Bruising and other mechanical damage to fruit caused by external forces during and
postharvesting is manifested at the macroscale but is ultimately the result of failure of cells at …

This paper is concerned with addressing how plant tissue mechanics is related to the
micromechanics of cells. To this end, we propose a mesh-free particle method to simulate …

Plant based dried food products are popular commodities in global market where much
research is focused to improve the products and processing techniques. In this regard …

Numerical modelling has emerged as a powerful and effective tool to study various dynamic
behaviours of biological matter. Such numerical modelling tools have contributed to the …

Advances in Postharvest Fruit and Vegetable Technology examines how changes in
community attitudes and associated pressures on industry are demanding changes in the …

In this paper homogenization of a mathematical model for biomechanics of a plant tissue
with randomly distributed cells is considered. Mechanical properties of a plant tissue are …

Bruise damage in fruit results from cell wall failure and inter-cellular separation. Despite the
importance of the micro-mechanics of plant tissue with respect to its integrity, it remains …

Postharvest handling tasks include fruit grading and minimizing loss. Fruits are often
packaged into grades based on size and mass for uniformity and proper handling. Losses …

We describe a method for the simulation of the growth of elongated plant organs, such as
seedling roots. By combining a midline representation of the organ on a tissue scale and a …