Dear All
Apologies to anyone who has received this message twice. I would be very
grateful for any advice on suitable methods for calculating the resilience
of biological materials. More specifically I am interested in carrying out
some load relaxation tests on the roots of Galium aparine (cleavers). A few
preliminary results suggests that the lateral roots can undergo strains of
between 20-30% before failure. I want to investigate this further by
carrying out some more tests to measure the resilience (strain energy
storage?). My dilemma is that I am unsure of when to start unloading the
specimen. Any suggestions on whether it would be best to use a set
extension or perhaps unload once the material has reached its elastic limit
would be most welcome.
Many thanks
from
Adrian
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Dr Adrian Goodman
De Montfort University Lincoln
School of Agriculture
Riseholme
Lincoln LN2 2LG
UK
Tel: 01522 895370
Fax: 01522 545436
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