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. 2018 Dec 8;4(12):e01010. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e01010

Table 4.

Material models parameters used in previous infant FE models.

Tissue
Linear Models
Study
Elastic Modulus (MPa)
Poisson's Ratio
Density (kg/m3)
Scalp 16.7 0.42 1200 Zhou et al. (1997) (Adult)
Skull 500 0.22 2150 Coats and Margulies (2006)
Suture 8 0.22 2150 Coats and Margulies (2006)
Membranes 31.5 0.45 1140 Zhou et al. (1997) (Adult)
CSF
0.012
0.49
1040
Willinger et al. (1995) (Adult)

Nonlinear Models

Viscoelastic
Ogden Hyperelastic
Brain G0 = 5.99e-3 MPa, G = 2.32e-3 MPa,
β = 0.09248 s−1
μ1 = 53.8 Pa, α1 = 10.1,
μ2 = −120.4 Pa,
α2 = −12.9
Thibault and Margulies (1998), Li et al. (2017)
Suture μ1 = 1.48 × 104 Pa,
α1 = 6.9
Li et al. (2017)
Scalp Outer: μ1 = 1.30 × 104 Pa,
α1 = 24.2
Inner: μ1 = 3.99 × 103 Pa,
α1 = 8.8
Li et al. (2017)
Skull
(Orthotropic Elastic, Age Dependent)
Five month old infant: E1 = 731.7 MPa, E2 = E3 = 266.2 MPa,
G23 = 111.8 MPa, G12 = G31 = 194.8 MPa
Li et al. (2017)
Mooney-Rivlin Parameters

Dura C1 = 1.18 MPa,
C2 = 0.295 MPa
Li et al. (2017)