On the mechanical behavior of the human biliary system

Figure 8 Li et al[85] calculated the stress distributions for two different subjects: R (left) and G (right). The top frame is the principal meridian stress, σ_θ, the middle frame is the principal latitude stress, σ_φ, and the bottom one is the in-plane shear stress τ_θφ. It is seen that the location and the maximum stresses change as the ratio of the lengths of the three axes change.