Fig. 2.
Roles of each individual mechanical property in shaping the indentation creep curve in biphasic CLE model. Creep curves are plotted by varying one of the three properties in the physiological range and keeping the other two constants. (a) compressive modulus, (b) permeability, and (c) fiber modulus. (d-f) Monotonic correlations between the mechanical properties and the deformation ratio, half deformation time, or equilibrium deformation of the creep curves.