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A new approach to analyze the dynamic strength of eggs

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The mechanical behavior of eggshell was determined in terms of average rupture force and corresponding deformation. For the experiment, we selected goose eggs (Anser anser f. domestica). Samples of eggs were compressed along their x-axis and z-axis. The effect of the loading orientation can be described in terms of the eggshell contour curvature. Two different experimental methods were used: compression between two plates (loading rates up to 5 mm/s) and the Hopkinson split pressure bar technique. This second method enables achieving loading rates up to about 17 m/s. The response of goose eggs to this high loading rate was characterized also by simultaneous measurement of the eggshell surface displacements using a laser vibrometer and by the measurement of both circumferential and meridian strains.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, c.v.v.i. of the Czech Academy of Sciences through project No. RVO: 61388998. This work was also supported by the project TP 6/2015, financed by Internal Grant Agency FA MENDELU.

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  1. Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 5, 182 00, Prague, Czech Republic

    Jan Trnka

  2. Department of Food Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno, Czech Republic

    Šárka Nedomová

  3. Department of Technology and Automobile Transport (Section Physics), Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno, Czech Republic

    Vojtěch Kumbár, Michal Šustr & Jaroslav Buchar

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Trnka, J., Nedomová, Š., Kumbár, V. et al. A new approach to analyze the dynamic strength of eggs. J Biol Phys 42, 525–537 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10867-016-9420-9

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