Table 10.

Strain¹ and strain energy density results from simulated molar bites.

Location2	Specimen	Max Prin (με)	Min Prin (με)	Mode	Max shear (με)	von Mises (με)	SED (J/mm3)
1. Dorsal interorbital	PC1−	194	−76	2.57	270	250	0.27
	PC1+	114	−58	1.96	171	154	0.10
	PC2−	138	−96	1.46	235	204	0.16
	PC2+	132	−49	2.70	181	174	0.12
	PC3−	108	−45	2.39	153	145	0.08
	PC3+	198	−64	3.10	262	250	0.28
2. Working dorsal orbital	PC1−	33	−26	1.26	60	52	0.01
	PC1+	81	−37	2.18	118	111	0.05
	PC2−	47	−91	0.51	138	120	0.07
	PC2+	26	−48	0.53	74	68	0.02
	PC3−	5	−22	0.23	27	26	0.00
	PC3+	46	−78	0.59	124	110	0.05
3. Balancing dorsal orbital	PC1−	195	−88	2.23	283	267	0.27
	PC1+	207	−67	3.08	274	262	0.31
	PC2−	209	−87	2.40	296	282	0.31
	PC2+	189	−91	2.08	279	260	0.26
	PC3−	110	−46	2.40	156	140	0.09
	PC3+	199	−111	1.80	310	284	0.30
4. Working postorbital bar	PC1−	365	−431	0.85	796	692	1.70
	PC1+	278	−229	1.21	507	440	0.70
	PC2−	223	−290	0.77	513	450	0.72
	PC2+	229	−298	0.77	527	460	0.76
	PC3−	93	−150	0.62	243	216	0.17
	PC3+	273	−264	1.03	537	468	0.78
5. Balancing postorbital bar	PC1−	624	−437	1.43	1061	947	3.19
	PC1+	817	−492	1.66	1309	1175	5.08
	PC2−	750	−296	2.54	1045	997	3.96
	PC2+	652	−363	1.79	1015	926	3.16
	PC3−	413	−283	1.46	696	626	1.39
	PC3+	367	−169	2.17	536	492	0.97
6. Working mid-zygoarch	PC1−	1629	−1029	1.58	2658	2379	20.59
	PC1+	1622	−3416	0.47	5039	4832	84.99
	PC2−	1113	−2996	0.37	4109	3879	63.70
	PC2+	1615	−995	1.62	2610	2364	20.12
	PC3−	334	−522	0.64	856	757	2.14
	PC3+	293	−445	0.66	737	662	1.57
7. Balancing mid-zygo arch	PC1−	1955	−668	2.93	2623	2528	26.91
	PC1+	1275	−2675	0.48	3950	3542	53.31
	PC2−	953	−2443	0.39	3396	3261	41.98
	PC2+	1869	−1203	1.55	3073	2733	27.32
	PC3−	405	−364	1.11	769	666	1.61
	PC3+	515	−172	3.00	686	672	1.86
8. Working zygo root	PC1−	388	−523	0.74	910	795	2.30
	PC1+	414	−1061	0.39	1475	1340	8.41
	PC2−	380	−831	0.6	1211	1803	5.20
	PC2+	365	−933	0.39	1298	1266	6.13
	PC3−	570	−888	0.64	1459	1303	6.16
	PC3+	350	−928	0.38	1278	1143	6.79
9. Balancing zygo root	PC1−	319	−398	0.80	716	625	1.39
	PC1+	141	−503	0.28	644	598	1.95
	PC2−	236	−607	0.39	843	747	2.99
	PC2+	227	−288	0.79	514	448	0.72
	PC3−	351	−308	1.14	659	575	1.17
	PC3+	108	−306	0.35	415	375	0.73
10. Working infraorbital	PC1−	441	−374	1.18	816	708	1.79
	PC1+	552	−398	1.39	950	823	2.66
	PC2−	467	−227	2.06	694	660	1.59
	PC2+	551	−376	1.47	926	830	2.45
	PC3−	438	−280	1.57	718	632	1.51
	PC3+	578	−498	1.16	1076	935	3.11
11. Balancing infraorbital	PC1−	324	−267	1.21	591	515	0.94
	PC1+	191	−135	1.42	325	287	0.30
	PC2−	360	−169	2.14	529	502	0.94
	PC2+	352	−245	1.43	597	531	1.01
	PC3−	403	−182	2.21	585	552	1.16
	PC3+	448	−307	1.46	754	660	1.63
12. Working nasal margin	PC1−	202	−191	1.06	393	340	0.41
	PC1+	141	−119	1.19	260	225	0.19
	PC2−	224	−457	0.49	681	625	1.51
	PC2+	111	−133	0.84	244	211	0.17
	PC3−	193	−269	0.72	462	408	0.60
	PC3+	149	−197	0.75	346	302	0.33

¹Max Prin = maximum principal strain. Min Prin = minimum principal strain. Mode = the absolute value of Max Prin / Min Prin. Max Shear = maximum shear strain. Von Mises = von Mises strain. SED = strain energy density.

²Locations numbered as in Fig. 5.