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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2013 Jul 11;42(2):415–431. doi: 10.1007/s10439-013-0855-x

Figure 7.

Figure 7

A) 3D FEA results of stress concentration factor calculated for the area between two particles located along the tensile axis in a fibrous cap. Stress concentration factor rises exponentially when the distance between the two spherical μCalcs decreases. Results are compared with previous 2D FEA reported in Maldonado et al. 55. B and C show FEA results for particles with initial h/D=0.3 oriented along and transverse the tensile axis respectively. (Reproduced with permission from Kelly-Arnold et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A).