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. 2016 Jan 11;6:19220. doi: 10.1038/srep19220

Figure 5. Complex finite strains in the load-based Cartesian coordinate system and principal directions.

Figure 5

After smoothing of displacement fields, in-plane Green-Lagrange strains (Exx, Eyy, Exy) could be computed at each pixel in the femoral and tibial cartilage (A). Exy was greatest at the middle of the cartilage-cartilage contact region. Computation of the principal strains (Ep1, Ep2) and maximum shear strains (Esm) for each pixel in the ROIs also showed that these values were the greatest at the middle of the cartilage-cartilage contact region (B).