Table 1.

Material properties for bone used for the remodeling simulation from Mullender and Huiskes (1995), Hernandez et al. (2001), Komarova et al. (2003), Hambli et al. (2009).

Parameters			Notation	Trabecular bone	Cortical bone
GENERAL PARAMETERS
Initial elastic modulus			E0 (MPa)	2000	17000
Poisson ratio			ν	0.3	0.3
Initial density			ρ (g/cm3)	0.764	1.4
Density coefficient			C (g/cm3)	4000	80003
Density exponent			P	3	3.
Ash exponent			Q	2.74	2.74
DAMAGE LAW PARAMETERS
Fatigue parameter			γ	0.2	0.2
Fatigue exponent			β	0.4	0.4
MINERALIZATION PARAMETERS
Initial ash fraction			α0	0.6	0.6
Maximum physiological value			αmax	0.7	0.7
Velocity of the mineralization			k (days−1)	0.0003387	0.0003387
STIMULUS PARAMETERS
Mechanosensitivity of the osteocyte			μk (nmol mm J−1 h−1)	0.5	0.5
Osteocytes density			Noc (mm−3)	10625	10625
Spatial influence factor			d0 (μm)	0.1	0.1
Accommodation velocity parameter			λ (days−1)	0.002	0.002
Initial setpoint value			$S_k^0\left(\text{J}{\text{m}}^{-3}\right)$	0.0025	0.0025
BMU PARAMETERS
Osteoclasts			Osteoblasts
Notation	Trabecular	Cortical	Notation	Trabecular	Cortical
α1 (osteoclasts/day)	3	3	α2 (osteoblasts/day)	4	4
β1 (osteoclasts/day)	0.2	0.2	β2 (osteoblasts/day)	0.0017	0.0017
k1 (osteoclasts/day)	0.24	0.024	k2 (osteoblasts/day)	0.02	0.002
A1	1.6	1.6	A1	−1.6	−1.6
B1	−0.49	−0.49	B2	0.6	0.6
γ1 (g/J)	16.67	16.67	γ2 (g/J)	33.37	33.37
xC (t = 0) (osteoclasts)	15	15	xB (t = 0) (osteoblasts)	1	1