Highlights•A citrus fruit stalk model with a diameter of 3 mm established by
DEM.•Parameters of the simulation model obtained by tests and parameter …

The biomechanical properties of cotton stalk (CS) play an important role in the development
of uprooting, crushing, and processing machinery, as well as in the comprehensive …

Hulless barley is an important economic and food crop for local population in the Qinghai-
Tibet plateau. However, due to extreme weather conditions, its production suffers from stem …

Caragana korshinskii Kom.(CKK) is one of the main trees for wind and sand control in
northwest China. According to its biological characteristics, flat stubble is the main measure …

In order to explore a new strategy to characterize the texture of raw meat, based on the
ultrasonic tenderized wooden breast (WB), this study proposed stress relaxation and creep …

Highlights•Biomass was characterised using a new visco-elasto-plastic model.•Fit of
compaction and relaxation stages with unique set of parameters achieved.•Model could be …

Stem cutting is the main process of broccoli harvesting, and the structure and mechanical
properties of the stem significantly affect the cutting efficiency. In the current research, the …

A device was developed for on‐field cutting energy measurement of cereal crops. Physical,
engineering, and anatomical properties of prominent rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars of India …

Thermal analysis methods are widely used in the characterization of substances and
materials in chemistry and engineering. But they also find their application in life sciences …

Machine-harvested seed cotton was taken as the research object to further clarify its creep
performance, minimize its power consumption during the loading process, and obtain a …