Guest Editors
Dr. Zhiguo Li, Northwest A&F University, China. lizhiguo0821@163.com
Dr. Mehdi Khojastehpour, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. mkhpour@um.ac.ir
Dr. Panmanas Sirisomboon, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand. panmanas.si@kmitl.ac.th
Dr. Tobi Fadiji, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. tobifadiji@gmail.com
Dr. Mahmoud Okasha, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (AEnRI), Egypt. Mahmoud_Okasha25@agr.kfs.edu.eg
Dr. Lukas Kuta, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland. lukas.kuta@o2.pl
Dr. Abhijit Khadatkar, ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, India. abhijitnu2@gmail.com
Summary
Fresh fruits are important in the human diet. Unfortunately, they are very easy to mechanical damage. Bruising and other mechanical damage to fruit caused by external forces during and post-harvesting is manifested at the macroscale but is ultimately the result of the failure of cells at the microscale. Not much is known about the effects of such forces on single cells within tissues and one reason for this is the lack of multiscale models linking macro- (organ or whole fruit), meso- (tissue), and micro- (cell) mechanics. Therefore, investigating the multiscale mechanics of fresh fruits is clearly an important issue.
The focus of this special issue will be on the textural mechanics and damage of fresh fruits. This special issue accepts research and review papers that will show a diversity of new developments in these areas.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
1. fruit, tissue, cell mechanics;
2. fruit damage physiology;
3. FEM or DEM simulation technology in fruit damage;
4. how to avoid the mechanical damage of fruits in the supply chain.
Keywords
Fruit; Biomechanics; Mechanical Damage; Bruise; Tissue and Cell
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