Table 1.

Material properties for cartilage and meniscus [15, 16].

	Cartilage	Meniscus
Young's modulus (MPa)	15	150 (circumferential direction) 20 (axial and radial direction)
Poisson's ratio	0.475	0.2 (circumferential direction) 0.3 (axial and radial direction)
Density (kg/m3)	1000	1100