Table 1.

Material properties used in the Biot theory

Cytoplasm
Bulk Medium
Bulk Modulus (Pa)	K d	500	[26]
Poisson’s Ratio	ν	0.38	[42]
Bulk Density (kg/m3)	ρ d	300	[57]
Permeability (m2)	k p	7 x 10−19	${\mu }_f/\overline{\omega }$ [53]
Porosity	є p	0.75	[57]
Biot-Willis Coefficient	α B	0.9999	1-K/K s
Tortuosity Factor	τ ∞	1.2	[58]
Fluid Phase
Density (kg/m3)	ρ f	992.52	[59]
Vicosity (Pa∙s)	μ f	0.7 x 10−3	[60]
Compressibility (1/Pa)	χf	4.35 x 10−10	1/K f
Nucleus
Bulk Medium
Bulk Modulus (Pa)	K d	2 x 103	[39]
Poisson’s Ratio	ν	0.38	[26]
Bulk Density (kg/m3)	ρ d	400	[26]
Permeability (m2)	k p	7 x 10−19	${\mu }_f/\overline{\omega }$
Porosity	є p	0.65	[61]
Biot-Willis Coefficient	α B	0.9996	1-K d /K s
Tortuosity Factor	τ ∞	2	[58]
Fluid Phase
See cytoplasm fluid phase