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Effect of the loading rate on compressive properties of goose eggs

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The resistance of goose (Anser anser f. domestica) eggs to damage was determined by measuring the average rupture force, specific deformation and rupture energy during their compression at different compression speeds (0.0167, 0.167, 0.334, 1.67, 6.68 and 13.36 mm/s). Eggs have been loaded between their poles (along X axis) and in the equator plane (Z axis). The greatest amount of force required to break the eggs was required when eggs were loaded along the X axis and the least compression force was required along the Z axis. This effect of the loading orientation can be described in terms of the eggshell contour curvature. The rate sensitivity of the eggshell rupture force is higher than that observed for the Japanese quail’s eggs.

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This research was primarily supported by project TP 6/2015 “Impact loading of agricultural products and foodstuffs” financed by Internal Grant Agency AF MENDELU. The authors would also like to acknowledge the support of the Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, v. v. i. of the Czech Academy of Sciences through project No. RVO: 61388998.

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  1. Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Š. Nedomová

  2. Department of Technology and Automobile Transport (section Physics), Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    V. Kumbár & J. Buchar

  3. Institute of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Science, Dolejškova 5, 182 00, Prague, Czech Republic

    J. Trnka

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Nedomová, Š., Kumbár, V., Trnka, J. et al. Effect of the loading rate on compressive properties of goose eggs. J Biol Phys 42, 223–233 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10867-015-9403-2

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