Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Figure 4.39
Plot of durometer dial reading scale OO versus Young's modulus of soft objects
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Figure 4.40
Plot of durometer dial reading scale OO versus Young's modulus of soft objects
this time the outputs of all beams were recorded. The results show that even when no
load is applied to the second and third beams, an output voltage exists in the other two
channels. The existence of a lump within the soft object would cause a point load.
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