Table 3.

Nasal bone and nasofrontal suture stresses and strains from strain gauge data

	Sample#	Relaxation tests				Failure tests
		Nasal bone		Suture		Nasal bone		Suture
		Strain range (με)	Stress range (MPa)	Strain range (με)	Stress range (MPa)	Peak strain (με)	Stress at peak strain (MPa)	Peak strain (με)	Stress at peak strain (MPa)
Tension	1	30–70	0.1–0.2	450–1120	0.1–0.2	260	1.0	5300	0.9
	2	7–13	0.1–0.4	800–2360	0.2–0.4	320	1.2	9400	1.5
	3	143–420	0.2–0.4	410–1140	0.1–0.3	260	1.1	5400	0.8
Compression	4	−100 to −230	0.2–0.6	−650 to –2730	0.1–0.2	−2100	4.5	−10,000a	1.5
	5	−3 to −230	0.1–0.4	−470 to –1760	0.1–0.5	−1050	2.4	−5700	2.6
	6	−2 to −40	0.1–0.2	−220 to –400	0.1–0.2	−860	3.6	−10,000a	5.1

^aValues exceeded the capacity of the gauge.