Figure 8.

Comparison of key metrics of diseased corneas (using ${\mathcal{D}}_{\max }=0.99$ and ξ = 4 in (4.2)) for varying γ, K⁽²⁾ and K⁽³⁾. In left, central and right panels, we fix at their baseline values γ, K⁽²⁾ and K⁽³⁾, respectively, and vary the remaining parameters. We plot the apex displacement (AD; a–c), the central corneal thickness (CCT; d–f), the maximum anterior curvature (MAC; g–i) and the maximum posterior curvature (MPC; j–k). For comparison, we note that the reference (unloaded cornea) values are AD=0 mm, CCT=0.62 mm, $\mathrm{MAC}=1/{\tilde{R}}_A\approx 0.128\hspace{0.17em}{\mathrm{mm}}^{-1}$, $\mathrm{MPC}=1/{\tilde{R}}_P\approx 0.139\hspace{0.17em}{\mathrm{mm}}^{-1}$ and the values for healthy cornea loaded with physiological IOP are AD=0.04 mm, CCT=0.617 mm, MAC = 0.131 mm⁻¹ and MPC = 0.143 mm⁻¹. Black circles at bottom-left corners of the panels indicate the case where all parameters are fixed at their baseline values (γ = 20, K⁽²⁾ = 0.001 and K⁽³⁾ = 0.07).