A Microstructural Study of Load Distribution in Cartilage: A Comparison of Stress Relaxation versus Creep Loading

Figure 10

A high magnification image of the region indicated in Figure 9. The wavy lines show the in-phase fibrillar paths. Note the increasingly acute and fine packing moving towards the left. The arrows are drawn by connecting the “peaks and troughs” of the wavy line traces and give an indication of the overall shear direction. DIC imaging.