Approximate formulas are developed for the stress in the muscle fibers of the myocardium of the left ventircle based on a fiber-fluid model of the tissue. It is shown that the fiber stress can be approximated using a formula similar to the thin cylinder approximation using a mean fiber curvature for the radius.

Issue Section:
Technical Briefs
Topics:
Fibers, Stress, Approximation, Biological tissues, Cylinders, Fluids, Muscle, Myocardium
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