Mechanical and viscoelastic characterization of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel membranes using the shaft-loaded blister test

The shaft loaded blister test was used as an alternative method to develop three different tests to study the mechanical properties of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel on thin circular membranes and see how the number of freeze/thaw cycles used in their fabrication would affect the stiffness of the...

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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10019376