Analysis of Different Positions of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Retainers versus Multistrand Wire Retainers Using the Finite Element Method

Table 1

Material properties used in this study.

Material	Young’s modulus (GPa)	Poisson’s ratio	Shear Modulus (GPa)
FRC longitudinal ()	46	0.39	16.5
Transverse ()	7	0.29	2.7
Transverse ()	7	0.29	2.7
Multistrand wire	90	0.3	34.6