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The validity of the discrete element method (DEM) as a tool to predict impact damage of fruit was investigated for ‘Jonagold’ apples. ‘Bruise damage’ was preferred over the ‘particle trajectory’ as the validation parameter. The bruise damage of apples in boxes shaken with a well defined acceleration signal on an electro-hydraulic shaker was compared with the bruise damage calculated from DEM simulations...
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