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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Mol Bioeng. 2016 Jan 19;9(1):151–161. doi: 10.1007/s12195-015-0426-3

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Configuration of hexagonal network. (a) The outer boundary is fixed after the network is stretched biaxially with force Fs. Each cell contains a network of springs connecting inner nodes to cell–cell junctions. (b) The junctions on the cell borders can separate to form leaks between the cells if the resultant force from the attached springs in one cell exceeds the threshold value for that node.