Figure 11.

Simulation results using the unmodified native tissue fibre-ensemble model (equation (4.4)) on both the native and cross-linked data from figure 5, showing that one can increase the fibre modulus determined from the native state to match the post-EXL data (a). However, this will induce a parallel increase in the MTM of approximately 75% (b), which is inconsistent with the experimental findings (table 2). This is the case even when compensating for the effects of tissue contraction. (Online version in colour.)