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Using ultrasound to evaluate dough properties

Bread, and the dough from which it is made from,…

16 November 2007 | By Martin G Scanlon, John H Page, M Nabil Bassim, Harry D Sapirstein,Guillermo G Bellido, Hussein M Elmehdi, Yuanzhong Fan, Valentin Leroy, Keyur L Mehta, G Moses Owolabi, Food Science, Physics & Astronomy, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering - University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Bread, and the dough from which it is made from, can be viewed as a two-phase system of gas cells and matrix[1]. Both phases ordain the properties of the dough or the bread crumb, and both phases change considerably during the various operations that comprise the breadmaking process. In the…

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Pasta: strength and structure

Every year, in various educational institutions across the globe, students…

29 July 2005 | By Martin G. Scanlon, Nancy M. Edwards and Jim E. Dexter

Every year, in various educational institutions across the globe, students compete to design and build bridges made from spaghetti strands. In most competitions, the winner is that student team whose bridge can sustain the highest load (Johns Hopkins, 2005). Clearly some elaborate design work goes into the creation of these…