Characterizing Engineered Skeletal Muscle Rings as Actuators Using Strain Sensing Methods

dc.contributor.advisor	Culpepper, Martin L.
dc.contributor.author	Rosado, Laura M.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-24T18:47:56Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-24T18:47:56Z
dc.date.issued	2025-02
dc.date.submitted	2025-02-21T19:22:56.899Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158858
dc.description.abstract	A novel instrument was designed to characterize a force exertion model of engineered skeletal muscle rings. The instrument uses strain gauges to transduce a muscle ring contraction and has a verified resolution of 5 μN and 1.4 μm over the ranges of 5 μN and 1400 μm respectively. Experiments were carried out with four muscle ring specimens at six different structural stiffnesses. Each ring was excited at 1 Hz for 30 seconds while force and displacement was monitored. It was determined that the relationship between muscle contractile distance and force is related by a negative power function.
dc.publisher	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
dc.rights	Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
dc.rights	Copyright retained by author(s)
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.title	Characterizing Engineered Skeletal Muscle Rings as Actuators Using Strain Sensing Methods
dc.type	Thesis
dc.description.degree	S.M.
dc.contributor.department	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
mit.thesis.degree	Master
thesis.degree.name	Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering