Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference (한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2004.10a
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- Pages.1361-1364
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- 2004
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- 2005-8446(pISSN)
Fundamental Biotribological Characteristics between Biomaterials and Small Intestine
생체내 미소의료기기에 대한 Biotribology 기초연구
Abstract
There is a need for fundamental understanding of biotribological characteristics of various biomaterials sliding against biological materials in order to develop a moving mechanism of medical microsystems having high energy efficiency. A special experimental equipment was designed and built to study the frictional behavior of various biomaterials sliding against a small intestine specimen of a pig. Friction experiments for six biomaterials were performed. Particularly, the effects of load and speed on frictional behavior were investigated. The results of this work will aid in the development of the actuator for a self-propelling micro-endoscope.