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Stress-strain curves for models with perfectly brittle-elastic fibers (in contrast with behavior of bundles of elastic-plastic fibers, shown in Figure 4). The bundle curves show the overall predicted mechanical behavior of mature (M) and elderly (E) bone models with brittle fibers. The ‘osteon’ and ‘interstitial’ curves show the fraction of stress carried by each of those fiber families, respectively.
