A multi-scale approach is devoted to the analysis of hygro-elastic internal stresses in porous composite materials. Voids in composite materials are known to cause a significant reduction of mechanical properties. Moreover, in a humid environment they also affect the moisture absorption and the induced internal stresses. In this work, a self-consistent approach is used to estimate internal stre...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of inulin (0, 2.5, 5, and 7.5 %), maltodextrin (0, 15, 20, and 25 %), and different drying processes (oneand two-stage drying) on the morphology and physicochemical properties of regular and instant reduced-fat creamers. The present study showed that the drum-dried creamer containing 0 % maltodextrin and 0 % inulin was fully sticky powder with...

Although somatic embryos of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) had acquired some tolerance to desiccation at the cotyledonary stage of development (22 d after plating), additional culturing in 20 microm abscisic acid (ABA) for 8 d induced greater desiccation tolerance, as determined by increased germination. Compared with fast drying, slow drying of the ABA-treated embryos improved desiccation tolera...

Increased mechanical impedance induced by soil drying or compaction causes reduction in plant growth and crop yield. However, how interacts with nutrient stress has been largely unknown. Here, we investigated the effect of on wheat seedlings under contrasting phosphorus (P) supply a sand culture system which allows to be independent water availability. Two genotypes containing Rht-B1a (tall) Rh...

Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a beneficial food-grade actinobacterium, widely implemented, and thus consumed, in various food products. As the main application, P. used as cheese-ripening starter, mostly hard type cheeses. Indeed, during manufacture of “Swiss-type” cheeses (or opened-body cheeses), technological process favors propionibacteria growth, well corresponding propionic fermenta...

In this paper, the temperature dependence of the hysteretic processes of Co nanowires, squarelly ordered in an array prepared by electrodeposition in nanopores of alumina membranes was analyzed. Both the magnetostatic interactions induced in the nanowires arrays and the thermal stresses radial, azimuthal and axial stresses , which appear during the cooling of the system nanowire and alumina tem...

to reduce the storing space and handling costs for hay/straw bales, recompressing the original bales after adequate hay drying is recommended. in this project, a recompression machine was designed, constructed and evaluated. solidwork and nastran software were employed to model, and to analyze the stresses in the components of the machine, respectively. the components of the machine consisted o...