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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kappiyoor, Ravi
Other Authors: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54563