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Figure 6

From: Investigation of microstructural failure in the human cornea through fracture tests

Figure 6

Representative images showing the stress concentration zone in (a) opening mode and (b) trouser tear mode, where the continuous line represents the notch, the red zone represents the stress concentration zone, and the discontinuous line represents the tear propagation path over the collagen fiber distribution according as per Meek 40, SEM images of tear surfaces at 300 magnification of (c) opening mode and (d) trouser tear mode, at 5k magnification of (e) opening mode and (f) trouser tear mode.

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