Optimal selection of biological tissue u
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Francisco J. Rojo; José M. García Páez; Eduardo Jorge-Herrero; José M. Atienza;
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Calf pericardium, similar to that used in the manufacturing of prosthetic valve cusps, was fatigue tested. After six batches of 100 cycles of 1 MPa of loading pressure, half of the samples broke. The mean energy dissipated in the first cycle by the surviving samples was 0.16 J, which is