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. 2019 Dec 6;19(3):1109–1130. doi: 10.1007/s10237-019-01273-8

Table 2.

Material models and properties used in the anisotropic axonal embedded pig brain finite element model

Anatomical part Material model Material properties References
Brain tissue matrix (White matter, corpus callosum, whole brain) HGO hyperelastic and quasilinear viscoelastic

G=3.0478kPa

K=2.19GPa

k1=35.767kPa

k2 → 0

G1=0.8909kPa

G = 0.109 kPa

τ1=0.035s

ρ = 1.04 g/cm3

Coefficients were calibrated in this study based on the experimental tests performed by Rashid et al. (2014)
Axonal fibers HGO Hyperelastic and quasilinear viscoelastic

k1 = 43.432 kPa

k2 → 0

κ depending on FA values

Properties were determined in this study based on the volume fraction ratio and the stiffness ratio of axonal fiber bundle to the brain tissue matrix experimentally identified by Arbogast and Margulies (1999)
Falx Elastic

E = 15,000 kPa

υ = 0.45

ρ = 1.13 g/cm3

Sullivan et al. (2015)
Lateral ventricle Kelvin–Maxwell linear viscoelastic

G0 = 0.5 kPa

G = 0.1 kPa

τ1=0.0125s

K=2.19GPa

ρ = 1.04 g/cm3

Mao et al. (2013)
Brain-skull connector Elastic spring k=3460N/mm Sullivan et al. (2015)