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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2011 May 3;11(1-2):279–289. doi: 10.1007/s10237-011-0309-z

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

A typical clockwise pressure-stretch curve from the dynamic mechanical test. Pmid = (Pmax + Pmin) / 2. a and b mark the width of the hysteresis loop at the pressure of Pmid and the maximal change of stretch in one dynamic cycle, respectively. WD: dissipated energy; WS: stored energy.