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. 2022 Mar 9;50(6):666–679. doi: 10.1007/s10439-022-02941-0

Table 1.

FRPVE material parameters implemented in cartilage.15,25,30,32,33,47,50

FRPVE material parameter Femoral cartilage Tibial cartilage Menisci
Em (MPa) 0.215 0.106
E0 (MPa) 0.92 0.18
Eε (MPa) 150 23.06
νm (–) 0.15 0.15
η (MPa s) 1062 1062
k0 (10−15 m4/N s) 6 18
nf 0.8–0.15hz 0.8–0.15hz 0.72
E1, E2 (MPa) 20
E3 (MPa) 159.6
υ12 0.3
υ31 0.78
G13 (MPa) 50

Em nonfibrillar matrix modulus, E0 initial fibril network modulus, Eε strain-dependent fibril network modulus, νm Poisson's ratio of the nonfibrillar matrix, η viscoelastic damping coefficient of fibrils, k0 initial permeability, nf fluid fraction, hz normalized depth, E1, E2, E3 radial, axial and circumferential Young’s moduli, respectively, ν12, ν31 Poisson’s ratios, G13 shear modulus