Table 4.
Parameter estimates of individual elastin and collagen fibers based on a simplified model compared with the full continuous distributions of fiber orientation and waviness
| Sample No. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Average ± SE |
| kE, kPa | 153.2 | 37.7 | 219.8 | 247.5 | 259.4 | 183.5 ± 36.5 |
| KC, MPa | 106.8 | 20.3 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 73.3 | 51.6 ± 14.9 |
| MC | 4.97 | 4.08 | 4.00 | 5.03 | 4.83 | 4.58 ± 0.2 |
| SSE for ro | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.20 | 0.27 ± 0.06 |
| SSE for F | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.19 ± 0.05 |
| Total SSE | 0.58 | 0.39 | 0.35 | 0.60 | 0.35 | 0.45 ± 0.05 |