Tear Response of Collagen Fibrils in the Skin (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tear Response of Collagen Fibrils in the Skin (2 of 2)

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Sequence of images showing how skin when torn does not propagate but progressively yawns open under tensile loading.

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courtesy of Berkeley Lab

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