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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Sep 13;95(1):148–154. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.036

Table 1.

Coefficients to the strain energy function, given in equations 5a and 5b, were determined by fitting equibiaxial experimental data for silicone samples alone and those for the CSD embedded in silicone. The coefficient c was kept fixed in the optimization protocols for the composite material.

Composite # α1 α2 c1 (kPa) c3,1 (kPa) c4,1 c3,2 (kPa) c4,2 R2, 1 R2, 2
1 −4° 57° 445 661.48 14.11 900.77 10.69 0.993 0.993
2 −15° 47° 445 45.18 34.59 504.01 22.24 0.995 0.996
3 −37° 35° 445 337.21 25.79 29.95 4.49 0.976 0.939
4 −1° 60° 445 574.00 12.37 968.62 9.05 0.988 0.987
5 −45° 53° 445 1171.42 13.00 51.75 4.18 0.984 0.986
6 −50° 40° 445 1140.11 11.50 458.83 8.98 0.993 0.993