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Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2022 Nov 25;146:111397. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111397

Table 1.

Force-indentation relationships for Hertzian and hyperelastic strain energy density functions.

Name Force (F) – indentation (δ) relationship Parameters See also

Hertz F=4ER12δ3231ν2a=R1/2δ1/2 E (Hertz, 1882)
NeoHookean F=C10πa515Ra4+75R2a35Ra250R2a+125R3 C 10 (Lin et al., 2009)
Mooney-Rivlin F=C10πa515Ra4+75R2a35Ra250R2a+125R3+C01πa515Ra4+75R2a3a3+15Ra275R2a+125R3 C10, C01 (Lin et al., 2009; Mooney, 1940)
Arruda-Boyce F=μ0RδδA0+i=13Ai+expλm/Bi Where Ai and Bi vary by δ/R, according to values in Supplementary Table 1. μ0, λm (Arruda and Boyce, 1993; Zhang et al., 2014)
Fung F=Bπa515Ra4+75R2a35Ra250R2a+125R3expba315Ra225R2a125R3 B, b (Fung, 1967; Fung et al., 1979; Lin et al., 2009)
Ogden F=Bπa2α10.2aRα2110.2aRa1 B, α (Lin et al., 2009; Ogden, 1972)