Assessing the percentage of cork that a stopper should have from a mechanical perspective
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fpsl.2018.10.009
Abstract: Abstract Most of the bottles of wine consumed in the world are sealed with cylindrical stoppers. The mechanical behaviour of natural cork stoppers, micro-agglomerated cork stoppers and co-extruded synthetic closures were compared through different tests… read more here.
Keywords: cork stopper; percentage cork; stopper mechanical; cork ... See more keywords
Pressure evolution inside a cork stopper under vacuum
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2019.01.009
Abstract: Abstract A cork stopper maybe described by a 3D array of microcavities, which is a 3D arrangement of small cavities interconnected by tiny restrictions. Upon a step pressure change gas slowly flows through the restrictions… read more here.
Keywords: cork stopper; cork; pressure evolution;