FIG. 3.

(a) Mechanical modeling was used to examine stress field in a CSCM wrapped around a cylindrical loading bar or, equivalently, a pulley-like representation of a wrap-around tendon. (b), (c) Symmetric boundary conditions were applied on the left and lower surfaces. The free end of the tendon was displaced downward uniformly and allowed to contract freely in the horizontal direction. This motion required a net force F. (d) The domain Ω, a quarter of the entire domain, was modeled using ∼10,000 quadratic interpolation plane stress elements.