An improved skin tissue substitute for use in photoelastic testing is required to enable investigation of the mechanics of needle insertion into soft tissue. Current tissue substitutes are mainly used in large scale testing and can neglect the small scale mechanical properties of soft tissue. A series of experiments on konjac glucomannan are performed to characterise
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