Experiment on the Mechanics Properties of Hot-Pepper in the Process of Hot-Air Drying

Abstract:

In order to reduce the damage rate of hot-pepper in the process of drying and transportation, and to improve the quality of dried hot-pepper. In this paper, the mechanical properties of hot-pepper were studied in the process of hot-air drying. The experimental results showed that the hot-pepper’s compressive ability dropped with the decrease of moisture content after the moisture content reached the safe moisture content. With the moisture content decreasing, the variation tendency of the elastic modulus and tensile strain of hot-pepper were first increased and then decreased and finally tended to be stable when it reached 12％. Effect of hot-pepper’s shape on tensile strain is greater than on the maximum load and displacement in the process of drying.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 395-396)
• Pages: 571-576
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.395-396.571
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Xue Bi Zhang, Si Yu Chen, Wen Fu Wu, Ya Qiu Zhang, Chun Shan Liu, Yan Xu
• Keywords: Hot-Air Drying, Hot-Pepper, Mechanical Property

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