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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TWO TEST FIXTURES TO TEST THE LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF SMALL DIAMETER TUBULAR POLYMERS A Thesis presented to the Faculty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering by Carolyn Rae Berry April 2011