TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wang, Long 
AU  - Hu, Can 
AU  - Guo, Wensong 
AU  - He, Xiaowei 
AU  - Wang, Xufeng 
AU  - Jian, Jianming 
AU  - Hou, Shulin 
PY  - 2021
TI  - The Effects of Moisture Content and Loading Orientation on Some Physical and Mechanical Properties of Tiger Nut
JF  - American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajbbsp.2021.109.117
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajbbsp.2021.109.117
AB  - The physical and mechanical properties of the newly “Zhongyousha No.1” and the traditional “Yousha” Chinese tiger nut varieties are studied. Several physical and mechanical properties of the two tiger nut varieties were determined as a function of moisture content (at five levels of 40.0, 32.0, 24.0, 16.0 and 8.0% wet basis). The physical and mechanical properties including length, width, thickness, geometric mean diameter, surface area, sphericity, compression rupture force, firmness, shear rupture force and shear strength. All tiger nut mechanical properties were significantly affected by moisture content (P