DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TWO TEST FIXTURES TO TEST THE LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF SMALL DIAMETER TUBULAR POLYMERS

Hundreds of thousands of vascular bypass grafts are implanted in the United States every year, but there has yet to be an ideal graft material to substitute for one’s own autologous vessel. Many synthetic materials have been shown to be successful vessel replacements; however, none have been proven...

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Main Author: Berry, Carolyn
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2011
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/494
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1523&context=theses