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2018
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Tab 4
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Research Article
Dynamic Simulation of Biomechanical Behaviour of the Pelvis in the Lateral Impact Loads
Table 4
Material properties of solid bone elements.
Pelvic parts
Elastic modulus
(MPa)
Yield strength
(MPa)
A
B
min
max
C
D
min
max
Ilium [
12
,
32
]
2890
2.63
3.6
12214
32.4
1.85
2
115
Sacrum and lumbar vertebra [
33
,
34
]
4730
1.56
3
11900
37.1
1.74
1
104
Femur [
33
,
34
]
6850
1.49
159
18500
85.5
2.26
2
505
Bone expression [
35
]
Note
. Poisson’s ratio of the bone tissue is 0.3 and postyield modulus
is considered equal to 10% of the elastic modulus
E
[
42
]. There is a linear relation between bone density (
) and CT (
) value, and this formula has been obtained by [
35
].