with the collaboration of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME)
Assessment of Mechanical Damage on Olive Fruit under Impact Loading

H. Kargarpour; T. Tavakoli Hashjin; A. Hemmat; B. Ghobadian

Volume 8, Issue 2 , 2018, , Pages 365-376

https://doi.org/10.22067/jam.v8i2.62488

Abstract
  Introduction The olive fruit (Olea europaea L.) is so sensitive to impact like many other crops that would lead to mechanical damage and bruising which reduce the quality of it. The olive fruit damage includes a brownish bruise at the bruised location. Most mechanical impact damage occurs during harvesting, ...  Read More

The Effects of Drop Height, Conveyor Velocity and Contact Surface Material on Area and Volume Bruising of “Golden Delicious” Apple

R. Tabatabaei koloor; A. Kolouri; S. J. Hashemi; R. Hadipour Rokni

Volume 2, Issue 1 , 2012

https://doi.org/10.22067/jam.v2i1.14290

Abstract
  Apple fruits are subjected to different loading from harvesting to supermarket shelf. Bruising has been attracted many researchers as one of the most important damage criteria. In this research, the effects of some factors such as contact surface material, drop height and linear velocity of apples were ...  Read More