Design, manufacture and commissioning of a low pressure quasistatic bulge tester for skin and membrane tissue

The material properties of skin are of great importance to a variety of fields such as dermatology and reconstructive surgery. Relatively little infrastructure and expertise exists locally in South Africa for testing biological tissue. The difficulties of testing the material properties of skin are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curry, Andrew Michael
Other Authors: Govender, Reuben
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32689