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. 2019 Apr 8;18(4):1247–1261. doi: 10.1007/s10237-019-01142-4

Table 3.

Material parameters used in the screening experiment with two levels (low and high) and 14 factors (Xscreen) and the Box–Behnken surface design with three levels (low, baseline and high) and 7 factors (XBB)

Material parameter Microstructure Abbreviations Factor levels X screen X BB
Low (− 20%) Baseline High (+ 20%)
Young’s modulus (GPa) Matrix E mat 12 15 18 1
Osteon E ost 9.6 12 14.4 2 1
Cement line E cl 14.4 18 21.6 3 2
Poisson’s ratio Matrix ν mat 0.24 0.3 0.36 4
Osteon ν ost 0.24 0.3 0.36 5
Cement line ν cl 0.24 0.3 0.36 6
Critical damage initiation strain (MAXPE criterion) Matrix εmax,mat0 0.0032 0.004 0.0048 7
Osteon εmax,ost0 0.0032 0.004 0.0048 8
Cement line εmax,cl0 0.0032 0.004 0.0048 9 3
Critical interface strain (QUADE criterion) Cement line εn,cl0 0.00084L 0.00105L 0.00126L 10 4
0.0012R 0.0015R 0.0018R
0.0028T 0.0035T 0.0042T
Cement line εs,cl0 0.00084L 0.00105L 0.00126L 11 4
0.0012R 0.0015R 0.0018R
0.0028T 0.0035T 0.0042T
Strain energy release rate (kJ/m2) Matrix G mat 0.16 0.2 0.24 12 5
Osteon G ost 0.16 0.2 0.24 13 6
Cement line G cl 0.16 0.2 0.24 14 7

Critical interface strains are specified for each osteon direction: Llongitudinal, Rradial, Ttransversal. Baseline values are based on values from the literature (Table 1) and introduced in a previous study (Gustafsson et al. 2018a)