Mechanical Properties of Elastomeric Proteins
When we stretch and contract a rubber band a hundred times, we expect the rubber band to fail. Yet our heart stretches and contracts the same amount every two minutes, and does not fail. Why is that? What causes the significantly higher elasticity of certain molecules and the rigidity of others? Equ...
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Virginia Tech
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54563 |