Figure 4
From: In-silico study of asymmetric remodeling of tumors in response to external biochemical stimuli
Distribution of radial \(T_{rr}\), tangential \(T_{\theta \theta }\) and shear \(T_{r \theta }\) stresses in deformed body of tumor in response to linear and quadratic distribution of nutrients, for \(\alpha =12\), \(p_0=0.001\) and \({\bar{t}}=1.5 \times 10^{-4}\)s2/cm. Radial and tangential stresses are maximum along the covertex and vertex, respectively, in linear nutrient distribution. However, the shear stress is maximum along the diagonals. In quadratic nutrient distribution, both radial and tangential stresses are maximum around the edges of the covertex where the nutrient gradient is maximum, and zero along the vertex where nutrient gradient is zero. Similar to the linear distribution, maximum shear stress in quadratic distribution is seen along the diagonals but only at the edges.
