Thermo-mechanical analysis in the fresh fruit cold chain: A review on recent advances

A Ambaw, T Fadiji, UL Opara - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
In agro-food research and industry, mathematical models are being used to develop and
optimize preharvest and postharvest operations, and their use has grown exponentially over …

Determination of transverse shear stiffness of sandwich panels with a corrugated core by numerical homogenization

T Garbowski, T Gajewski - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Knowing the material properties of individual layers of the corrugated plate structures and
the geometry of its cross-section, the effective material parameters of the equivalent plate …

Estimation of the compressive strength of corrugated cardboard boxes with various perforations

T Garbowski, T Gajewski, JK Grabski - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a modified analytical formula for estimating the static top-to-bottom
compressive strength of corrugated board packaging with different perforations. The …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropic damage behavior in fiber-based materials: Modeling and experimental validation

M Alzweighi, J Tryding, R Mansour, E Borgqvist… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents a thermodynamically consistent continuum damage model for fiber-
based materials that combines elastoplasticity and damage mechanisms to simulate the …

Analytical determination of the bending stiffness of a five-layer corrugated cardboard with imperfections

T Garbowski, A Knitter-Piątkowska - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bending stiffness (BS) is one of the two most important mechanical parameters of corrugated
board. The second is edge crush resistance (ECT). Both are used in many analytical …

Non-local sensitivity analysis and numerical homogenization in optimal design of single-wall corrugated board packaging

D Mrówczyński, A Knitter-Piątkowska, T Garbowski - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The optimal selection of the composition of corrugated cardboard dedicated to specific
packaging structures is not an easy task. The use of lighter boards saves material, but at the …

Numerical homogenization of multi-layered corrugated cardboard with creasing or perforation

T Garbowski, A Knitter-Piątkowska, D Mrówczyński - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The corrugated board packaging industry is increasingly using advanced numerical tools to
design and estimate the load capacity of its products. This is why numerical analyses are …

Estimation of the compressive strength of corrugated board boxes with shifted creases on the flaps

D Mrówczyński, T Garbowski, A Knitter-Piątkowska - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the modern world, all manufacturers strive for the optimal design of their products. This
general trend is recently also observed in the corrugated board packaging industry. Colorful …

Screen printed antennas on fiber-based substrates for sustainable HF RFID assisted E-fulfilment smart packaging

J Machiels, R Appeltans, DK Bauer, E Segers… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intelligent packaging is an emerging technology, aiming to improve the standard
communication function of packaging. Radio frequency identification (RFID) assisted smart …

Full-field measurements in the edge crush test of a corrugated board—Analytical and numerical predictive models

T Garbowski, JK Grabski, A Marek - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article focuses on the derivation of simplified predictive models for the identification of
the overall compressive stiffness and strength of corrugated cardboards. As a representative …