MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF COOKED MEAT UNDER SINUSOIDAL COMPRESSION

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Abstract
The rheological behaviour of raw meat, and of meat cooked under different conditions, has been studied with sinusoidal compression in a transient state. Meat samples underwent compression perpendicular to the myofibre axis in a cell equipped with lateral walls that made it possible to limit the free strain of samples to only one direction viz. parallel (longitudinal configuration) or perpendicular (transverse configuration) with respect to the myofibres. Both raw and cooked meat exhibit visco‐elastic behaviour with a slight viscous component. Cooking meat results in both increased resistance and more elasticity. The variations in these parameters depend on the configuration and compression ratio used. With raw or slightly cooked meat, myofibrillar and connective structures can be analysed selectively in the longitudinal configuration by using compression ratios that are, respectively, nondestructive and destructive. When cooking is carried out at a high temperature, the myofibrillar resistance can be analysed preferentially in the longitudinal configuration, and connective tissue in the transverse configuration.