Comparison of Mechanical Properties of Natural Gut and Synthetic Polymer Harp Strings.

ABSTRACT: The long-term mechanical behaviour of a number of fluorocarbon and gut harp strings has been examined, and the results compared with a previous study of rectified nylon strings. The stretching behaviour of the three materials was studied via different measures of the Young's modulus; with test time scales on the order of weeks, minutes, and milliseconds. The strings were subjected to cyclic variations in temperature, enabling various aspects of their thermal behaviour to be investigated. The effects of humidity changes on gut strings were also examined. The behaviour of the fluorocarbon strings was found to be similar in many ways to that of the nylon strings, despite their different chemical formulation and significantly higher density. In particular, the faster measures of Young's modulu

SUBMITTER: Lynch-Aird N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266393 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature