Comparison of biphasic material properties of equine articular cartilage estimated from stress relaxation and creep indentation tests

Abstract: Mechanical parameters of hard and soft tissues are explicit markers for quantitative tissue characterization. In this study, we present a comparison of biphasic material properties of equine articular cartilage estimated from stress relaxation (ε = 6 %, t = 1000 s) and creep indentation tests (F = 0.1 N, t = 1000 s). A biphasic 3D-FE-based method is used to determine the biomechanical properties of equine articular cartilage. The FE-model computation was optimized by exploiting the axial symmetry and mesh resolution. Parameter identification was executed with the Levenberg- Marquardt-algorithm. Additionally, sensitivity analyses of the calculated biomechanical parameters were performed. Results show that the Young’s modulus E has the largest influence and the Poisson’s ratio of ν ≤ 0.1 is rather insensitive. The R² of the fit results varies between 0.882 and 0.974 (creep model) and between 0.695 and 0.930 (relaxation model). The averaged parameters E and k determined from the creep model yield higher values in comparison to the relaxation model. The differences can be traced back to the experimental settings and to the biphasic material model.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Comparison of biphasic material properties of equine articular cartilage estimated from stress relaxation and creep indentation tests ; volume:7 ; number:2 ; year:2021 ; pages:363-366 ; extent:4
Current directions in biomedical engineering ; 7, Heft 2 (2021), 363-366 (gesamt 4)

Creator
Reuter, Thomas
Hurschler, Christof

DOI
10.1515/cdbme-2021-2092
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022101214091021577411
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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