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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2012 May 23;14:101–112. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.05.003

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Comparison of strain components obtained using two methods: The strain components (longitudinal, transverse, and shear) for mineral crystals aligned in different orientations are shown in the format of radar graph. The circular coordinate represent the orientation of mineral crystals, and the radial coordinate represents the strain magnitude. Marked differences (magnitude and distribution) were observed in the transverse and shear strains between the directly measured and biaxial average based on the continuum assumption (superscripted `b'). The macroscopic strain is 1.2%, which is immediately prior to yielding of bone.

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