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. 2018 Jan 18;2018:4071356. doi: 10.1155/2018/4071356

Table 2.

Properties of the poroelastic materials applied in the finite element model of the osteocyte-lacunar-canalicular system.

Components of osteocyte lacunae Young's module Poisson's ratio Permeability k0 (m2) Void ratio e0
ECM 11 GP [19] 0.38 [19] 1.0 × 10−20 [58] 0.053 [58]
PCM with canaliculi 40 kPa [59, 60] 0.4 [59, 60] 4 × 10−20 [59, 60] 4 [59, 60]
Osteocyte cell body and processes 3.1 kPa [45, 61] 0.35 [45, 61] 0.6 × 10−19 [45, 61] 4.88 [59, 60]

ECM: extracellular matrix; PCM: perilacunar matrix.