Table 6 Fitting parameters for samples Healthy-2, COPD-2 and CF-2.

From: Thixo-viscoelastoplastic rheological characterisation of human mucus using a multimode BMP constitutive equation approach

Parameter

Mode 1

Mode 2

Mode 3

Mode 4

Healthy-2

\(\eta _{p_0}\) (Pa.s)

50.0

\(1.3x10^{-2}\)

0.01

\(4.0x10^{-3}\)

\(\eta _\infty\) (Pa.s)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(\lambda _1 (s)\)

600.0

0.20

3.0

\(1.0x10^{-3}\)

\(\lambda _s*k_0\) (\(\textrm{Pa}^{-1}\)s)

0.02

0.01

1.0

1.0

\(\tau _c\) (Pa)

0.07

0.10

0.01

0.01

COPD-2

\(\eta _{p_0}\) (Pa.s)

145.0

0.55

0.10

0.04

\(\eta _\infty\) (Pa.s)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(\lambda _1 (s)\)

180.0

1.0

0.16

0.03

\(\lambda _s*k_0\) (\(\textrm{Pa}^{-1}\)s)

\(2.5x10^{-4}\)

\(5.0x10^{-4}\)

0.01

0.01

\(\tau _c\) (Pa)

0.63

0.45

0.10

0.10

CF-2

\(\eta _{p_0}\) (Pa.s)

700.0

1.0

0.14

\(2.5x10^{-2}\)

\(\eta _\infty\) (Pa.s)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(1.0x10^{-4}\)

\(\lambda _1 (s)\)

410.0

0.90

0.11

\(5.0x10^{-3}\)

\(\lambda _s*k_0\) (\(\textrm{Pa}^{-1}\)s)

\(6.0x10^{-5}\)

\(1.0x10^{-3}\)

0.01

0.01

\(\tau _c\) (Pa)

1.29

0.32

0.10

0.10