Deformation of a Circular Elastic Tube between Two Parallel Bars: Quasi-Analytical Geometrical Ring Models

Figure 10

Fitting of symmetrical peak function parameters to experimentally measured (symbols) pincher effort [%]: (a) linear fit (full line) to major axis maximum () and (b) second order polynomial fits (full lines) to half width at half maximum for major axis () and for minor axis (+) and (c) example of measured (symbols) and peak function approximation (full lines) major () and minor axis (+) for pincher effort of 94%.

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(c) and for 94%