Compression Loading Behaviour of some Quality Protein Maize (QPM) Varieties

A.O. Atere¹ , A.P. Olalusi² , O.J. Olukunle³ , ⁴ , S.O. Adejuwon⁵

1. Department of Agricultural and Bioenvironmental Engineering, Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria.
2. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
3. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa, Nigeria.

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.1 , pp.12-17, Mar-2020

Online published on Apr 10, 2020

Copyright © A.O. Atere, A.P. Olalusi, O.J. Olukunle, , S.O. Adejuwon . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
The compressive strength of three varieties (TZE COMP 5-W, ART/98/SW1, and Suwan-1-SR-Y) of quality protein maize (QPM) commonly grown in Nigeria was study using a Universal Testing Machine (Model 3369). Three clean and healthy maize grain samples with same approximate dimensions were carefully selected and tested. The grain was loaded in two axes (lengthwise and breadthwise). Each seed was positioned in between the compression plates of the UTM. The gauge length was reduced to a minimum to prevent buckling during compression loading. The average of the three best values of the compressive strength and other properties were recorded as the final values for the respective properties. The compressive load at maximum compressive stress for the three varieties TZE COMP 5-W, ART/98/SW1-Y and SUWAN 1-SR-Y were 169.75, 209.74 and 96 N respectively while the compressive extension at maximum compressive stress for the three varieties TZE COMP 5-W, ART/98/SW1-Y and SUWAN 1-SR-Y were 1.52, 1.57 and 1.16 mm respectively lengthwise. The compressive load at break were 145.20, 101.43 and 48.13 N (lengthwise), 69.00, 30.44 and 85.67 N (breadthwise) for TZE COMP 5-W, ART 98/SWI-Y and SUWAN 1-SR-Y respectively. However, the study revealed that the TZE COMP 5-W required more force to separate the particles followed by ART/98/SW1-Y variety while SUWAN 1-SR-Y has the least.

Key-Words / Index Term :
QPM, Compression, lengthwise, breadthwise and Varieties

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