Table 1.
Structures | Material Constants | Constitutive Models | Sources | |
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Linear elastic structures | Young’s modulus (MPa) | Poisson’s ratio | ||
Vagina and uterus | 0.005 | 0.49 | Hooke | Ref [40, 41] |
Rectum | 0.1 | 0.49 | ||
Fat | 0.05 | 0.49 | ||
Bodyfill | 0.05 | 0.49 | ||
Muscles (excluding LAM) | 2.4 | 0.49 | ||
Urine | 1.0e-3 | 0.49 | Ref [13] | |
Hyperelastic structures | ||||
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Levator ani muscle | μ1 = 0.0082 MPa | α1 = 0.1803 | Ogden (N = 2) | Ref [31] |
μ2 = 0.0216 MPa | α2 = 15.112 | |||
Bladder and urethra | C10 = 0.071 MPa | Yeoh | Ref [16] | |
C20 = 0.202 MPa | ||||
C30 = 0.048 MPa | ||||
Others | ||||
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Pelvic ligaments | Axial elasticity = 0.15 N/mm * | Hooke | Ref [18] | |
Pelvic bones | Rigid | Rigid body | Ref [15] |
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