Table 1.
Fung strain energy equation material constants, / values, and R2 values for the average, upper, and lower limit dataset for the G:PCL characterization constructs (80G:20PCL, 50G:50PCL, and 20G:80PCL) and the T:PCL characterization constructs (80T:20PCL, 50T:50PCL, and 20T:80PCL). R2 values compare the Fung equation surface plots to the averaged surface data for all three replicates for the respective experimental group. These material constants are determined based on a multivariable error minimization function and as such are covariant for each dataset. In other words, the relative values of parameter c and the other material constants may independently increase or decrease to achieve an adequate fit to the data. Therefore, the values of the c parameter may not necessarily be consistent with the trend of the labels: upper limit, average, and lower limit.
Group | Dataset | c (MPa) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2/1 | R2 |
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20G:80PCL | Upper limit | 77.9 | 0.051 | 0.26 | 0.044 | 5.2 | 0.99 |
Average | 146.9 | 0.020 | 0.12 | 0.016 | 6.1 | 0.99 | |
Lower limit | 14.1 | 0.122 | 1.01 | 0.088 | 8.3 | 0.99 | |
50G:50PCL | Upper limit | 93.7 | 0.012 | 0.065 | 0.009 | 5.6 | 0.98 |
Average | 21.6 | 0.044 | 0.22 | 0.034 | 4.9 | 0.98 | |
Lower limit | 72.5 | 0.011 | 0.045 | 0.009 | 4.0 | 0.96 | |
80G:20PCL | Upper limit | 70.9 | 0.003 | 0.027 | 0.001 | 9.5 | 0.98 |
Average | 1.3 | 0.119 | 1.063 | 0.057 | 9.0 | 0.98 | |
Lower limit | 0.2 | 0.502 | 3.95 | 0.23 | 8.0 | 0.97 | |
20T:80PCL | Upper limit | 302.2 | 0.024 | 0.063 | 0.015 | 2.6 | 0.81 |
Average | 3.3 | 1.621 | 4.79 | 1.034 | 3.0 | 0.81 | |
Lower limit | 0.3 | 9.208 | 29.434 | 5.723 | 3.2 | 0.92 | |
50T:50PCL | Upper limit | 57.2 | 0.073 | 0.260 | 0.047 | 3.6 | 0.80 |
Average | 4.5 | 0.834 | 2.834 | 0.545 | 3.4 | 0.80 | |
Lower limit | 0.8 | 3.982 | 11.744 | 2.589 | 3.0 | 0.87 | |
80T:20PCL | Upper limit | 319.7 | 0.004 | 0.021 | 0.002 | 5.1 | 0.99 |
Average | 13.2 | 0.092 | 0.461 | 0.052 | 5.0 | 0.99 | |
Lower limit | 272.2 | 0.004 | 0.021 | 0.002 | 5.0 | 0.99 |