is a constant which describes how quickly contraction decreases as strain
deviates from zero, and
ε
1
is a characterizing constant for the passive strain
hardening of the stress bers. When results obtained using this model are
compared to those obtained experimentally, it has been found that this
model is able to accurately capture the relationship between cell contrac-
tion and substrate stiffness (Vernerey and Farsad, 2011). More recently,
this model has been used to predict the formation and orientation of stress
bers in cells subjected to constant or cyclic stretch and different substr ...
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