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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Dev Neurosci. 2012 Jan 5;30(3):191–200. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.12.009

Table 1.

Material Properties used in the finite element model of a 3–5 day old piglet head.

Material Property Source
Brain/brainstem µ=526.9 Pa
α=0.01
C1=0.332
C2=0.389
τ1=2.96 sec
τ2=0.181 sec
ν=0.49999
Prange & Margulies (2002)

Falx ρ=1.13 g/cm3
E=16 MPa
ν=0.45
estimated from data reported by
Galford & McElhaney (1970) and
Bylski et al (1986)

Connectors 3460 N/m estimated from data reported by
Monson et al. (2005)

CSF ρ=1.0 g/cm3
K=2.2 GPa
η=0.727 mPa•s
Bloomfield et al. (1998)