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

Figure 4

Illustration of overall sensitivity of elliptic (full line) and stadium (dashed line) ring shape to a variation of the minor axis as a function of pinching degree : (a) example for pinching degree 50%, (b) maximum value of , and (c) mean sensitivity .

(a) Ring shape (left) and sensitivity (right) for

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