Schematic representation of the configurations of interest in the CMMI modeling framework. From left to right,
and
represent the cut and stress-free configurations, and
and
represent the uncut and traction-free configurations for the myocytes (superscript m) and the collagen fibers (superscript c), respectively. The uncut, traction-free configuration and the cut, equilibrated configuration of the mixture are represented by
and
respectively