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. 2019 May 3;47(9):2033–2044. doi: 10.1007/s10439-019-02277-2

Table 1.

Material properties of the different components of the rat head.

Components Density (kg m−3) Elastic constants Hyperelastic constants Viscous constants
Elastic modulus (GPa) Poisson´s ratio Bulk modulus (GPa) Shear modulus (kPa) α Relaxation modulus ratio Decay constant (s−1)
Skull 1700 1.0 0.33
Face 1100 2.0 2500.0 3.0 0.150 400
Cerebrum 1040 2.0 11.9 6.5 0.103 990
Cerebellum 1040 2.0 8.3 8.2 0.274 402
Brainstem 1040 2.0 12.3 4.7 0.112 1081
Cerebral vasculature 1040 2.0 525.0 7.5

α material constant