Biomedical Engineering Reference
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FIGURE 4.98
(a)
Straight PAN fiber bundle muscle with end hooks.
FIGURE 4.98
(b)
Looped PAN muscle.
FIGURE 4.99
Braided PAN fiber actuator test: initial (left) and after 25 min (right).
Small-scale PAN fiber bundle systems were also tested. More detailed data for
a single PAN fiber were expected. Due to the small scale of the test rigs, fabrication
was somewhat challenging compared to previously operated test rigs (fig. 4.100).
4.6.10.7
Additional Modeling
As identified in previous research, volume change is considered a main driving force
of PAN muscle. We worked on measuring the energy generated by the PAN muscle
