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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2014 Aug 1;39:146–161. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.07.016

Figure 9. Preferential loading pathways formation.

Figure 9

a In plane maximum green strain mapping on anisotropic PEUU under equistress biaxial conditions enabled to visualize the formation of preferential loading pathways spanning the whole length of the sample and oriented along the material most compliant direction. b, c consistently with the bulk response in figure 5 the displacement patterns highlight differences in mechanics between the anisotropic and isotropic PEUU.