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Table 1 Material properties of the buffer and different components in the plaque

From: Peak cap stress calculations in coronary atherosclerotic plaques with an incomplete necrotic core geometry

Material

E-modulus (kPa)

Poisson ratio (−)

C10 (kPa)

D1 (−)

Reference

Intima

1000

0.498

166.7

1e−5

[11]

Media + adventitia

1500

0.498

250

1e−5

[11]

Necrotic core

6

0.498

1

1e−5

[17]

Buffer

60

0.45

10

0.02

[6]

  1. C10 and D1 are constants to describe the Neo-Hookean model as used by Abaqus, representing the shear and bulk modulus as: G = 2×C10 and K = 1/D1
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