Table A1.
Relevant mechanical properties of selected materials/media. For calculations involving the properties of bone, the means of the provided intervals were used.
| Material/Medium | Density ρ kg/m3 |
Young’s Modulus E GPa |
Poisson Number ν | Compressibility χ 1/GPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum [36] | 2702 | 70 | 0.34 | − |
| Titanium [36] | 4150 | 110 | 0.35 | − |
| Cobalt–chrome–molybdenum [37] | 8290 | 241 | 0.3 | − |
| Bone (Substantia corticalis) [38] | 1800 … 1990 | 13 … 18.2 | 0.22 … 0.42 | − |
| Aqualene® [39] | 920 | 1.58 | 0.337 | − |
| Water (20 °C) [36] | 998 | − | − | 0.47 |
| Glycerin [36] | 1261 | − | − | 0.22 |
| Skin tissue [40] | 1150 | − | − | − |
| Fat tissue [40] | 950 | − | − | − |
| Muscle tissue [40] | 1065 | − | − | − |