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Determination of some physical and mechanical properties of styrax (Styrax Officinalis L.) grown in natural environment
Fresenius Environmental Bulletin · Aralık 2020
Makale Bilgileri
DergiFresenius Environmental Bulletin
Yayın TarihiAralık 2020
Cilt / Sayfa29 · 11209-11215
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85099395570
Özet
The physical parameters of styrax seeds play an essential role in designing equipment to handle, harvest, process, and store the seeds. In this study, we determined various physical properties (dimension, geometric mean diameter, sphericity, bulk density, true density, volume, hardness, and porosity) of styrax seeds. The values of thousand-grain weight, geometric mean diameter, sphericity, projected area, bulk density, and true density were 427.17 g, 9.54 mm, 28.86 mm, 87.75%, 85.98 mm2, 579.6 kg m- 3, and 1015.9 kg m- 3, respectively. Knowing the physical properties of the equipment used in plantation, harvesting, transportation, storage, and processing of styrax seeds is very important. Here, we studied the physical and mechanical properties of styrax, such as length, width, thickness, sphericity degree, projected area, porosity, terminal velocity, and rupture strength, and investigated the relationship between them. These features are essential for projecting agricultural machines; for example, terminal velocity projects the fan of the harvester. The measurements were performed using the biological material testing equipment, image processing techniques, and terminal velocity measuring devices.
Yazarlar (2)
1
Osman Özbek
ORCID: 0000-0003-0034-9387
2
Nurettin Kayahan
Anahtar Kelimeler
Image processing
Mechanical properties
Moisture content
Physical properties
Styrax (Styrax officinalis L.)
Kurumlar
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey
Metrikler
1
Atıf
2
Yazar
5
Anahtar Kelime