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Compressive Mechanical Response of Porcine Muscle at Intermediate (100/s-102/s) Strain Rates

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Compressive stress-strain response of porcine muscle was experimentally determined at intermediate strain rates (100/s-102/s) in this study. A hydraulically driven materials testing system with a dynamic testing mode was used to perform the compressive experiments on porcine muscle tissue with loading directions parallel and perpendicular to muscle fiber direction. Experiments at quasi-static strain rates were also conducted to investigate the strain-rate effects over a wider range. The experimental results show that, at intermediate strain rates, the porcine muscle’s compressive stress-strain responses are non-linear and strain-rate sensitive. The porcine muscle’s compressive mechanical response exhibits no significant difference between the two fiber orientation cases at quasi-static and intermediate strain rates. An Ogden model with two material constants was adopted to describe the rate-dependent compressive behavior of the porcine muscle.

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The authors gratefully thank PEO Soldiers and Army Research Laboratory for supporting this work through a collaborative research agreement with Purdue University.

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  2. School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, ARMS 2031, 701 W. Stadium Ave., West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2045, USA

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Zhai, X., Chen, W.W. Compressive Mechanical Response of Porcine Muscle at Intermediate (100/s-102/s) Strain Rates. Exp Mech 59, 1299–1305 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-018-00456-1

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