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Hadi Samimi Akhijahani

Hadi Samimi Akhijahani

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 24077510800
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
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Research

Title
Some Physical Properties of Rasa Grape (Vitis vinifera L.)
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Moisture content % Engineering properties % Grape % Terminal velocity
Year
2012
Journal World Applied Sciences Journal
DOI
Researchers Jalal Khodaei ، Hadi Samimi Akhijahani

Abstract

Some physical properties of Rasa grape (Vitis vinifera L.) were determined as a function of moisture content (dry basis). As the moisture content was increased from 12.20 to 71.53% d.b. the average length, width, thickness and the geometric mean diameter of grape varied from 14.92 to 16.56, 8.53 to 14.13, 6.12 to 13.69 and 9.20 to 14.74 mm, respectively. In the same moisture content range, the study showed that sphericity, surface area and thousand fruit mass, bulk and true density were increased from 0.61 to 0.89, 265.94mm2 to 683.35mm2, 564.8g to 2578.7g, 401.90 kg/m3 to 712.71 kg/m3, 725.14 kg/m3 to 1526.47 kg/m3, respectively. In addition, as the moisture content was increased from 12.20 to 71.53% d.b. the terminal velocity of grape was increased from 16.38 to 19.86 m/s. The static coefficient of friction was linearly increased with an increase in the moisture content for all contact surfaces (Plywood, aluminum, rubber and galvanized iron). The research indicated that Rubber surface had maximum static coefficient of friction.