Table 3.

Maximum: minimum principal strain ratios for experimental jaws and finite element (FE) models.

	1	2	3	4
Gauge location	Lat. surang.	Med. surang.	Dors. dent.	Vent. dent.
Jaw 1. ε max : ε min experiment	−0.45	−1.93	−2.36	−0.43
Jaw 1. ε max : ε min FEA	−1.56	−1.76	−2.24	−0.45
Jaw 2. ε max : ε min experiment	−1.83	−0.50	−1.87	−0.41
Jaw 2. ε max : ε min FEA	−0.40	−0.41	−1.85	−0.39
Jaw 3. ε max : ε min experiment	−2.40	−0.31	−3.61	−0.49
Jaw 3. ε max : ε min FEA	−0.49	−1.99	−2.34	−0.48

Lat. surang., lateral surangular; Med. surang., medial surangular; Dors. dent, dorsal dentary; Vent. dent, ventral dentary; FEA, FE analysis.