Finite Element Simulations of Mechanical Behaviour of Endothelial Cells

Figure 9

Simulation results of 50% cell compression: stresses in (a) AFs (isometric view), (b) IFs (top view), and (c) MTs (isometric view); (d) distribution of first principal (logarithmic) strain in the nucleus.

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