A Mathematical Model for Meat Cooking
Popular Physics
2020-01-15 v2 Computational Physics
Abstract
We present an accurate two-dimensional mathematical model for steak cooking based on Flory-Rehner theory. The model treats meat as a poroelastic medium saturated with fluid. Heat from cooking induces protein matrix deformation and moisture loss, leading to shrinkage. Numerical simulations indicate good agreement with multiple sources of experimental data. Moreover, this work presents a new and computationally non-expensive method to account for shrinkage.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.10787,
title = {A Mathematical Model for Meat Cooking},
author = {Hala AH Shehadeh and Sean Deyo and Shawtorah Granzier Nakajima and Patricia Puente and Kevin Tully and John Webb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.10787},
year = {2020}
}
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13 pages, 7 figures