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

Figure 5

Comparison of the location of shear bands (boxed regions) in samples from (a) SR7 and (c) Cr1. Higher magnification views of the boxed regions are shown in (b) and (d), respectively. DIC imaging.

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