The Finite Element Simulation of the Upper Airway of Patients with Moderate and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome

Table 1

Material properties of the FE model used in the simulation.

Material	Young’s modulus (MPa)	Poisson’s ratio ()	Density (kg/m^3)
Hard palate	2	0.22	1040
Soft palate	0.025	0.42	1040
Tongue	0.015	0.499	1040