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. 2019 Apr 22;141(6):0610031–06100314. doi: 10.1115/1.4042902

Table 1.

Fung strain energy equation material constants, A2/A1 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) A1 A2 A3 A2/A1 R2
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