Browsing Working Papers by Author "Srivastava, S. M."

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    • Comparison of Vastrapur cartons with conventional wood carton based on laboratory tests 

      Sharan, Girja; Dave, Umang; Srivastava, S. M. (2009-12-12)
      Three different CFB cartons were designed. Prototypes were tested for compression, vibration and drop. The results are presented and discussed.

    • Field trial of Vastrapur cartons 

      Sharan, Girja; Srivastava, S. M. (2009-12-12)
      We present in this paper the results of road transport trial of newly developed tomato packaging named Vastrapur Carton. Farm fresh tomatoes were taken from Khanderaopura village to Rajkot a distance of 250 km. Two trials ...

    • Mechanical properties of wood carton used for long distance transport of tomatoes 

      Sharan, Girja; Srivastava, S. M.; Khandelwal, Monika (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-09-01)
      Tomatoes are produced and consumed year round. Wood carton is the dominant mode of packaging for produce coming to APMC Market, Ahmedabad from out-of-state. It has been known for long however that wood carton suffers from ...

    • Temperature distribution in a Tomato carton 

      Sharan, Girja; Srivastava, S. M. (2009-12-12)
      In this write-up, we present an analysis of temperature distribution in tomato carton using finite difference approximation. When freshly harvested tomatoes are placed in a rectangular heap, in a surrounding of 35 degree ...