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Table 1 Geometrical and material properties of cortical bone as poroelastic material [7, 11, 13,14,15,16]

From: A multi-layered poroelastic slab model under cyclic loading for a single osteon

Symbol (unit)

Description

Value

\( E_{r} \) (GPa)

Drained Young’s modulus in the isotropic plane (r-\( \theta \) plane)

15.9

\( E_{z} \) (GPa)

Drained Young’s modulus in the z-direction

20.3

\( M \) (GPa)

Biot’s modulus

38

\( \mu_{r} \)

Poisson’s ratio in the isotropic plane

0.328

\( \mu_{z} \)

Poisson’s ratio in the z-direction

0.25

\( \alpha \)

Biot’s effective stress coefficients in the isotropic plane (r-\( \theta \) plane)

0.132

\( \alpha^{\prime} \)

Biot’s effective stress coefficients in the z-direction

0.092

\( \mu \) (Pa s)

Viscosity of the pore fluid

10−3

\( a \) (μm)

Inner radius of the osteon

50

\( b \) (μm)

Outer radius of the osteon

150