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

Figure 7

Images of a typical sample from the SR1 group. (a) shows the bulge and (b) shows how in a 1 MPa stress relaxation experiment shear bands are present in the directly loaded region (b). The arrow in (b) points to the region shown at higher magnification in (c). DIC imaging.

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