Sustainable Infrastructure and Resource Management, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia 3 Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia 4 South Australia Water Corporation, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia 5 UniSA STEM...
In terms of its physiological functioning, the esophagus is reported to be capable of being stretched up to 50% under internal pressures of between 3 and 5 kPa [6,9]. The esophageal tissue is therefore highly elastic and exhibits nonlinear behavior. This nonlinear behavior is advantageous for t...