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. 2021 Feb 10;11:3525. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82991-x

Table 1.

Experimental setups and quantified mechanics-related parameters for each of the seven biaxial tension protocols, showing loading ratio (FX:FY), strain rate (%/s), portion of cycle, low-tensile modulus (ELT), high-tensile modulus (EHT) and index of extensibility (λ).

Protocol Loading ratio Strain rate (%/s) Portion of cycle ELT (kPa) EHT (kPa) λ (-)
(FX:FY) X-Dir Y-Dir X-Dir Y-Dir X-Dir Y-Dir X-Dir Y-Dir
1 1:1 0.98 2.90 Loading 35.7 22.5 3158.2 1481.7 1.20 1.58
Unloading 26.4 18.6 4260.1 2052.3 1.20 1.60
2 0.75:1 0.77 2.83 Loading 36.2 23.8 3808.2 1795.4 1.17 1.61
Unloading 26.8 20.4 5064.7 2545.4 1.17 1.64
3 0.5:1 0.58 2.95 Loading 41.5 25.5 3876.6 1853.9 1.13 1.64
Unloading 19.1 17.1 5267.0 2622.3 1.13 1.67
4 0.25:1 0.17 2.89 Loading 63.4 22.0 8168.5 2313.4 1.04 1.69
Unloading 32.4 16.8 10453.4 3236.9 1.04 1.71
5 1:0.75 1.20 3.07 Loading 37.1 26.8 2939.2 1321.3 1.21 1.55
Unloading 25.0 21.2 3905.7 1763.9 1.22 1.58
6 1:0.5 1.73 3.32 Loading 40.5 28.7 2233.1 905.1 1.25 1.47
Unloading 25.7 23.0 2802.0 1151.7 1.26 1.49
7 1:0.25 2.38 2.60 Loading 47.4 35.2 1802.9 506.0 1.29 1.30
Unloading 37.2 35.7 2311.9 637.6 1.31 1.32