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. 2019 Nov 20;16(160):20190547. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0547

Table 1.

Collagen fibril's mechanical properties for the FE analysis: Young's modulus (E), Poisson's ratio (ν), frictional coefficient (μ) in tendon unless otherwise noted.

E (GPa) ν µ method tissue ref.
0.1–10 0–0.4 0–2 rat tail current study's range for modelling
0.326 ± 0.112 tensile test MEMS rat patellar [38]
0.6 ± 0.2 tensile test AFM bovine achilles [39]
0.3–1.2 atomistic modelling [40]
1.6 ± 0.4 shear-lag curve fitting rat tail [6,41]
1.2–2.2 indentation AFM bovine achilles [42]
3.75–11.5 0–0.5 indentation AFM rat tail [43]
2.1 ± 0.7 X-ray diffraction bovine pericardium [44]
∼0.4 indentation AFM collagen film [45]