Table 1 Material parameters of cartilage and meniscus used in the FE models.

From: Comparison between kinetic and kinetic-kinematic driven knee joint finite element models

Transversely isotropic elastic

Ep (MPa)

Et (MPa)

νp (−)

νtp (−)

Gt (MPa)

k (10−15 m4/Ns)

e0 (−)

Cartilage 27

24

0.46

0.42

0.06

12

1

4

Meniscus 12, 27, 102, 103

20

159.6

0.3

0.01

50

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  1. Parameters: Ep – in-plane Young’s modulus, Et – out-of-plane Young’s modulus, νp – in-plane Poisson’s ratio, νt – out-of-plane Poisson’s ratio, Gp – in-plane shear modulus, Gt – out-of-plane shear modulus, k– permeability, e0 – initial void ratio.
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