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. 2005 Sep 28;3(6):15–35. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0073

Figure 10.

Figure 10

Finite element prediction of the current (mean) collagen orientations using the parameter ca=a1·a2. Results are shown for circumferential and axial specimens at 1.0 N tensile load: (a) no dispersion of the collagen fibres (κ=0); (b) dispersion of the collagen fibres within each family (κ=0.226).