(1) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, China
Abstract:
The biomechanical behavior of dog's duodenum and jejunum were studied and a formulation of the stress-strain relation is presented
in this paper. The results obtained indicated that the exponential coefficient α and the incremental duodenum of the elastic
modulus are both large than those of the jejunum. It means that the duodenum is more deformable than the jejunum. The experimental
results of this work provide basal data for kinematics study of a robotic endoscope.
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 59805017) and the Chinese “863” High Technology
Project of China