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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2018 Jun 26;179:29–45. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.06.032

Table 2.

Compressive mechanical properties and post-yield parameters.

Strain at Ultimate Strength (%) **** Post-Yield Strain (%)* Softening (MPa) Modulus of Resilience (MJ/m3)* (zone 1) Post-Yield Toughness (MJ/m3)* (zone 2) Fracture Zone Toughness (MJ/m3)* (zone 3) Overall Toughness (MJ/m3)** (zones 1–3) Creep at Runout (%)
BGCG 6.89±0.42 4.39±0.45 54.3±5.7 1.71±0.14 1.13±0.24 2.20±0.28 5.03±0.33 0.14±0.02
CG 10.23±0.66 6.27±0.60 57.1±5.5 2.27±0.14 2.57±0.47 2.61±0.29 7.45±0.68 0.25±0.05

Asterisks denote statistical significance between groups:

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

****

p < 0.001.