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Fig. 6.16.
Damage distributions in the arterial layers at 120 % oversized dilatation state (an interme-
diate state between States B and C in Fig. 6.15). The arrows indicate the locations of the maximum
tissue damage: (a) maximum elastin damage in the IEL
d
0
E
=
0
.
27; (b) maximum ground matrix
damage in the media
d
0
M
=
0
.
22; (c) maximum collagen damage in the media
d
iM
=
0
.
17
Fig. 6.17.
Damage distributions in the arterial layers at 130 % oversized dilatation state (State C in
Fig. 6.15). The arrows indicate the locations of the maximum tissue damage: (a) maximum elastin
damage in the IEL
d
0
E
=
0
.
71; (b) maximum ground matrix damage in the media
d
0
M
=
0
.
49;
(c) maximum collagen damage in the media
d
iM
=
0
.
27
