Design and Validation of Equiaxial Mechanical Strain Platform, EQUicycler, for 3D Tissue Engineered Constructs

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(a) Schematic view of the silicone post and collagen constructs assembly. (b) A quarter model that depicts the two planes of symmetry used in the FE model and the associated loading and boundary conditions. (c) Representation of the collagen part of the model with the associated local coordinate system used in the postprocessing of the model results. , , and are radial, circumferential, and longitudinal coordinates.

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