Research Article

Development and Validation of an Age-Specific Lower Extremity Finite Element Model for Simulating Pedestrian Accidents

Table 2

The long bone material properties of lower extremity model.

Material parametersThe young (30 YO)The elderly (70 YO)

Femoral cortical boneDensity (kg/m3)20002000
Elastic modulus (MPa)16.213.9
Poisson’s ratio0.30.3
Yield stress100.2294.4
Limit strain0.0320.019

Tibial cortical boneDensity (kg/m3)20002000
Elastic modulus (MPa)18.315.7
Poisson’s ratio0.30.3
Yield stress120.3113.28
Limit strain0.0340.020

Femur cancellous boneDensity (kg/m3)10001000
Elastic modulus (MPa)752816.4
Poisson’s ratio0.450.45
Yield stress13.2510.22
Limit strain0.1340.134

Tibial cancellous boneDensity (kg/m3)10001000
Elastic modulus (MPa)752591.6
Poisson’s ratio0.450.45
Yield stress11.048.24
Limit strain0.1340.134