This chapter introduces the recent advances on the understanding of properties of food
powders and the fundamental mechanisms that govern their functional properties. The …

Humid environment often creates various problems in fine powder processing and
frequently poses a substantial threat to the final product quality. The present study focuses …

Protein-rich milk powders can be susceptible to caking and clumping during manufacture
and storage. A method was developed for objective and reliable assessment of their …

A numerical model replicating the stick-slip contact of two elastically similar materials is
presented in this paper. Based on the Coulomb's law described in the partial-slip theory of …

Laboratory testing was conducted to deliver a set of characteristics of structure and
mechanical properties of pure starch and starch with an addition of a lubricant–magnesium …

Abstract “Oral” tribology has become a new paradigm in food texture studies to understand
complex texture attributes, such as creaminess, oiliness, and astringency, which could not …

Radio frequency heating (RFH) provides higher efficiency and more uniform heating zone
compared with conventional method. The aim of present work is to evaluate the effect of …

The effect of short-term storage at 75% and 90% ambient humidity on the mechanical
properties of selected materials was determined using a new device for measuring the …

Stick-slip behavior was observed while characterizing the shear strength of fly ash collected
from a thermal power plant at Delhi, India. Stick-slip oscillations of the shear stress were …

The paper analyses the phenomenon of friction of granular cereal materials, at very low
sliding velocities. Wheat was used as a test material. Tests were carried out for sliding …