Endurance testing of the muscles was performed to determine breakdown voltage. The response of the strand from continuous voltage supply. The DC power supply was slowly increased from 0 to 3 V in 9.72 seconds causing the strand to deform 1 cm. The strand was relaxed, then given a supply of 4 V over 7 seconds. At this voltage supply, the strand deformed 2 cm from its original length of 15 cm. The strand was relaxed again and supplied 5 V. The strand deformed 3 cm and snapped after 3.77 seconds. Graph 1 is a trend of the deformation amount (cm) with increasing voltage supply. Graph 2 displays the time in seconds a muscle can withstand a specified voltage. The negative trend demonstrates that at increasing voltage supply, the muscle can endure less time of supply. The muscle used for this test snapped after 10 times of supplied voltage after 5 times at 6 V, and 5 times at 8 V.
Muscle Endurance Testing Images
Graphs
Graph 1: Muscle deformation from voltage supply in centimeters with increasing voltage supply.
Graph 2: Time of voltage supply to muscle strand in seconds with increasing voltage supply.
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