Non-linear viscoelastic behavior of cooked white, brown, and germinated brown Thai jasmine rice by large deformation relaxation test

ABSTRACT

Stress relaxation tests at high strain were conducted on scoops of cooked white, brown, and germinated brown Thai jasmine rice using a King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang test rig. The diameter of the scoop was 35 mm and the height was 10 mm. Non-linear modeling, consisting of four relaxation models, was applied to the data obtained for each type of rice. The modeling methods included Peleg and Normand’s; Yadav, Roopa, and Bhattacharya’s; Jaya and Durance’s; and Myhan, Markowski, and Daszkiewicz’s. The cooked white rice showed greater tenderness compared to the others. The toughness of the three types of cooked rice was not found to be different. The Myhan et al. model was the most accurate in describing the non-linear viscoelastic behavior of all types of cooked rice. The cooked brown rice showed the highest initial decay rate, but the lowest relaxation, lowest elasticity, and greatest viscosity. In contrast, the cooked white rice had opposite characteristics.

KEYWORDS:

• White rice
• Brown rice
• Germinated brown rice
• Thai jasmine rice
• Cooked rice
• Non-linear viscoelastic

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Curriculum of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand for of the use of the instruments used in this work.