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JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 1165-1170Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.04.013
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soft-tissue mechanics; simple-shear test; Fourier transform moire method
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Finite simple shear test characteristics like specimen geometry and boundary conditions could affect the deformation homogeneity during the test. In order to ensure that the parameters of constitutive equations obtained from finite simple shear tests are appropriate, the deformation homogeneity of the specimen during simple-shear test should be examined. The Fourier transform moire method (FTM) was used to examine the deformation uniformity of a porcine skin specimen in a finite simple shear test. The effects of clamping prestrain (0.15 and 0.3 engineering strain) and specimen geometry (5 x 5, 5 x 3.75, and 5 x 2.5 cm) were investigated. These effects include in-plane deformation altered by clamping prestrain, slippage between specimen and clamps, and out-of-plane deformation. The experimental results showed that the wide specimen had more severe deformation alteration by clamping prestrain and was easier to slip out of the clamps when the shear angle is large. Furthermore, in all test configurations, the out-of-plane deformation is significant when the shear angle is large, and a narrow specimen is prone to have out-of-plane deformation. This study may provide guidelines for the selection of specimen aspect ratio and clamping prestrain when studying the material response of soft tissues under simple-shear tests. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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