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Measurement of Compressive Stress-Strain Response at Small-Strains
Published on: December 5, 2025
Evaluation of visco-elastic properties of conditioned wheat kernels and their doughs using a compression test under
Néstor Ponce-García1,2, Benjamín Ramírez-Wong2, Patricia I Torres-Chávez2
1UAEM Campus Universitario "El Cerrillo", El Cerrillo Piedras Blancas, 50200, Toluca, Estado de México, México.
Background:
The aim of this research was to evaluate the visco-elastic properties of conditioned wheat kernels and their doughs by applying the compression test under a small strain. Conditioned wheat kernels and their doughs, from soft and hard wheat classes were evaluated for total work (Wt ), elastic work (We ) and plastic work (Wp ).
Results:
Soft wheat kernels showed lower We than Wp , while the hard wheat kernels had a We that was higher than Wp . Regarding dough visco-elasticity, cultivars from soft and hard wheat showed higher Wp than We . The degree of elasticity (DE%) of the conditioned wheat kernel related to its dough decreased ∼46% in both wheat classes. The Wt , We and Wp from the soft wheat kernel and dough correlated with physico-chemical and farinographic flour tests. The Wt , Wp and the maximum compression force (Fmax ) of the dough from hard wheat class presented highly significant negative correlations with wet gluten.
Conclusion:
The visco-elasticity parameters from compression test presented significant differences among conditioned wheat classes and their doughs. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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