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Appendix 5: 2D Linearization of Fungs Exponential Strain... 235
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2
2
R
Animal#C(kPa) b
( pi)
RMS% (FT)
b2b
1
b4b5b
3
(FT)
6
R
RMS% ( pi)
Heart15 1.23 4.18 4.77 0.95 0.51 0.02 0.15 0.98 0.99 20.0 10.1
Mean 5.11 2.47 3.09 0.95 0.45 0.06 0.10 0.98 0.98 22.4 18.0
SD 2.65 1.00 0.95 0.55 0.10 0.04 0.05 0.01 0.01 6.4 5.7
(a) Material constants of the ve intact LADs; (b) material constants of the ve corresponding intima-media layers. R error of the t compared to the mean value. Both were computed for the total axial force (F inner pressure ( p
2
is correlation coefcient; RMS% is the percentage of the root mean square
). Reproduced from Wang et al. (2006) with permission
i
) and
T
Table 4.16 Material constants of exponential strain energy function obtained from experimental data of left anterior descending (LAD) artery
2
2
R
Animal#C(kPa) b
( pi)
RMS% (FT)
b2b
1
b4b5b
3
(FT)
6
R
RMS% ( pi)
(a) Intact Heart16 4.43 1.48 5.15 0.24 0.25 0.46 0.01 0.88 0.97 33.2 22.1 Heart17 13.87 0.66 4.90 0.12 0.48 0.07 0.01 0.91 0.99 31.4 18.2 Heart18 4.26 0.92 7.84 2.42 0.31 0.20 0.32 0.97 0.99 20.8 38.4 Heart19 13.86 1.26 1.89 0.52 0.27 0.05 0.14 0.98 0.98 20.9 25.6 Heart20 6.55 1.52 1.75 1.79 0.40 0.01 0.10 0.98 0.99 25.9 19.3
Mean 8.59 1.17 4.31 1.02 0.34 0.16 0.12 0.95 0.98 26.5 24.7
SD 4.90 0.37 2.55 1.03 0.10 0.18 0.13 0.05 0.01 5.8 8.2
(b) Adventitia Heart16 9.11 0.29 2.94 1.81 0.38 0.06 0.04 0.80 0.91 44.5 34.0 Heart17 13.29 0.68 1.56 1.72 0.34 0.16 0.04 0.96 0.94 40.7 46.9 Heart18 5.06 0.84 2.08 0.81 0.28 0.02 0.03 0.95 0.92 46.0 54.9 Heart19 9.68 0.50 1.77 2.24 0.43 0.27 0.21 0.97 0.98 30.9 30.4 Heart20 8.09 0.77 3.01 1.79 0.26 0.04 0.04 0.90 0.99 38.0 10.0
Mean 9.05 0.62 2.27 1.67 0.34 0.11 0.07 0.92 0.95 40.0 35.2
SD 2.97 0.22 0.67 0.52 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.04 6.0 17.2
(a) Material constants of the ve intact LADs; (b) material constants of the ve corresponding adventitia layers. R error of the t compared to the mean value. Both were computed for the total axial force (F inner pressure ( p
2
is correlation coefcient; RMS% is the percentage of the root mean square
). Reproduced from Wang et al. (2006) with permission
i
) and
T
Appendix 5: 2D Linearization of Fungs Exponential Strain Energy Function (SEF) (Zhang & Kassab, 2007)
To linearize the constitutive relation, the major task is to nd a strain measure that can best approximate the nonlinear curvature of load versus stretch ratio plots obtained in experiments. Since Fungs model represents the experimental measure­ments well, the only task is to examine if Fungs model can be linearized. In the 1D
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strain case where Ezz¼ 0(E
¼ E
θθ
¼ 0 can be assumed as well), the second Piola–
zz
Kirchhoff stress in circumferential direction is given by (Appendix 3):
W
S
¼
θθ
¼ Ca1Eθθexp a1E
E
θθ

where c
¼ Ca1and Dθθ¼ Eθθexp a1E
11
law can be obtained in the 1D case if D

2
¼ c
θθ
2
. Equation (4.47) shows that Hookes
θθ
is viewed as a strain measure. A similar
θθ
, ð4:47Þ
11Dθθ
relation exists in the axial direc tion.
The expression of Eq. (4.47) in a linearized form does not highlight the advan­tages in the 1D model, but it certainly requires less material constants than a polynomial form (Sokolis, Boudoulas, & Karayannacos, 2002). In 2D, the lineari­zation of the stress–strain relationship is preferred since it may be difcult to experimentally determine material constants due to the nonlinearity of the constitu­tive law (Pandit et al., 2005).
A Generalized Strain Measure
Although Green strain is the best choice for Fungs model since it directly yields second Piola–Kirchhoff stress from the differentiation of strain energy function, other strain measures can also be selected to establish a stress–strain relationship. In the spirit of Seth-Hill strain family (Farahani & Naghdabadi, 2000), a new strain measure is proposed that takes into account the exponential increase of stress with Green strain to absorb the nonlinearity and thus result in a simpler stress–strain relation. In the circumferential (θ) and axial (z) directions, the new strains are dened as:
where n is a material constant characterizing the strain nonlinearity with respect to Green strain E Appendix 4). These generalized strains (Green-exponential strains) are products of Green strains and their exponential functions.
A Bilinear Stress–Strain Relation
Given the coupling between circumferential and axial directions in a biaxial defor­mation, a simple bilinear constitutive relation is postulated between second Piola– Kirchhoff stress and the new strain measure as:

D
¼ Eθθexp nE
θθ
and Ezz(for n ¼ 0, Eq. (4.48) reduces to Eqs. (4.28) and (4.29),
θθ
2
θθ
, D
¼ Ezzexp nE
zz

2
, ð4:48Þ
zz
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Sθθ¼ c11Dθθþ c12Dzzþ b12DθθD
Szz¼ c21Dθθþ c22Dzzþ b21DθθD
zz
, ð4:49Þ
zz
in which there are six constants having the unit of stress and one constant n that characterizes the nonlinearity of strain. The constant c circumferential direction when the strain in the axial direction is zero, c elastic modulus of S direction, and b
versus Dzzwhen there is no deformation in the circumferential
θθ
is the bilinear coupling constant for circumferential stress. The
12
is the elastic stiffness in the
11
reects the
12
other three parameters have similar meanings in the axial direction.
In general, the material constants in Eq. (4.49) do not have symmetric properties, e.g., c
c21since the hyperelasticity assumption (the existence of strain energy
12
potential (Fung, 1993)) cannot be invoked which can reduce the number of constants.
Evaluation of the Bilinear Model
The nonlinearity parameter n in the strain dened in Eq. (4.48) can be obtained with experimental data using a least square s method. If the stretch ratio in the axial direction is kept constant (e.g., E to Eq. (4.47), where a
¼ n is a constant to be determined. Of course, if n is extracted
1
from data in the axial direction, it may differ from that obtained from the circum­ferential direction. Fortunately, n is not very sensitive to the direction chosen and thus eith er circumferenti al or axial data (or an average value) can be used for the determination of n. In practice, one set of the most reliable(or the most represen­tative) experimental data can be used to determine n. Once n is determined, the values of the elastic constants can be easily obtained using least squares method for the bilinear model.
¼ 0), the rst equation in Eq. (4.49) will reduce
zz
Appendix 6: 3D Linearization of Fungs Exponential Strain Energy Function (SEF) (Zhang, Wang, & Kassab, 2007)
This appendix extends the strain linearization notion to the 3D stress–strain rela­tionship. By introducing a more complicated but more rigorous strain measure in tensor form, the constitutive equation can be written in the form of a generalized Hookes law which connects the second Piola–Kirchhoff stresses with the new strains. In general, the deformation gradient tensor in a cylindrical coordinate system can be written as:
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3
7 7 7
rθ
7
, ð4:50 Þ
7
Z
7 5
F ¼
2
rRr
6 6 6
rθ∂Rrθ
6 6 6 4
zRz
RΘ∂r∂Z
RΘ
RΘ∂z∂Z
where (R, Θ, Z) and (r, θ, z) are spatial coordi nates in the un deformed and deformed congurations, respectively.
Since the Lagrangian strain tensors are of interest, the following unique polar decomposition of the deformation gradient is considered (Ogden, 1984):
F ¼ RU, ð4:51Þ
where R is an orthogonal second-order tensor which reects the rigid rotation and U is a positive denite symmetric second-order tensor (the right stretch tensor).
The general form of Seth-Hill (Doyle-Ericksen) strain tensor family is dened as (Mahnken, 2005; Miehe & Lambrecht, 2001; Ogden, 1984):
1
mðÞ
E
¼
m
U
IðÞ, ð4:52Þ
m
where I is the identity matrix (second-order tensor) and m is a real number. An important example is the Green strain tensor (classically denoted by E) which corresponds to m ¼ 2, namely:
It is noted that U (or matrix) transpose.
Hencky (natural, logarithmic, true) strain tensor is a special case of the Seth-Hill strain family when m ! 0:
The Hencky strain has many good features such as additively separable dilatation and distortion (Criscione, Humphrey, Douglas, & Hunter, 2000). To take advantage of these properties, a generalized Hencky (logarithmic-exponential) strain tensor is dened as:

1
2ðÞ
E ¼ E
FT
F because RTR ¼ I, where superscript T denotes the tensor
E
2
U
¼
0ðÞ
I
2
1
ln U
¼
2
D ¼ ln Uexp nJ

1
T
F
¼
2
¼ ln U: ð4:54Þ
1
F I
2
: ð4:53Þ
 3ðÞ½, ð4:55Þ
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where J1is the rst invariant of the right Cauchy-Green deformation tensor FTF ¼ U (Ogden, 1984) and the nondimensional n characterizes the nonlinear variation of strain D with respect to the Hencky strain measure and is thus called the nonlinearity parameter. The objectivity (i.e., independence on observer (Ogden, 1984) of strain measure D is the same as the Hencky strain since J
is an invariant in an observer
1
transformation.
For simplicity, it is assumed that the blood vessel is a cylindrically orthotropic material (Fung, 1993). In an ination–stretch test without shear deformation, the principal stretches (λ
, λz, λr) are aligned in the circumferential (θ), axial (z), and
θ
radial (r) directions. In such cases, the principal Green strains (Eq. 4.53) can be written as:

1
2
E
λ
¼
ii
1
i
2
i ¼ θ; z; rðÞ, ð4:56Þ
and the principal logarithmic-exponential (log-exp) strains in Eq. (4.55) becomes:
D
¼ ln λiexp nJ1 3ðÞ½i ¼ θ; z; rðÞ, ð4:57Þ
ii
where
2
2
J
¼ λ
þ λ
1
θ
2
þ λ
: ð 4 :58Þ
z
r
No summation is assumed in Eqs. (4.56) and (4.57 ). Similar to the Hencky strain, a spectral decomposition method (Ogden, 1984) can be used to compute the general log-exp strain tensor when the principal stretches are known.
To gain a better understanding of the log-exp strain measure, it will be compared with the Green and Hencky strains (note that D reduces to Hencky strain when n ¼ 0). n is found to typically vary in a range of 0 < n < 2 for coronary vessels.
2
Strain Potential
For a hyperelastic material, it is assumed that a strain energy density function exists and the stress components can be deriv ed by differentiating the strain potential with respect to the corresponding strains. For example, the second Piola–Kirchhoff stress can be obtained by Fung (1993) and Ogden (1984):
where W(E
) is the strain potential, q is an arbitrary scalar, V(Eij) ¼ 0 is a possible
ij
internal constraint (e.g., incompressibility), and S constraint.
^
S
¼ Sijþ q
ij
V
E
W
¼
E
ij
ij
þ q
V
E
i; j ¼ θ; z; rðÞ, ð4:59Þ
ij
¼ ∂W/Eijis the stress with no
ij
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The Fungs 3D strain energy per unit volume is given by:
C
W ¼
exp QðÞ1½, ð4:60Þ
2
where
Q ¼ b
2
E
1
θθ

þ b
7
Note that the shear strains E
þ b2E
2
E
θz
þ E
2
zz
2
zθ
2
þ b3E
þ 2 b4EθθEzzþ b5EzzErrþ b6EθθE
ðÞ
rr

2
zr
þ E
2
rz
E
þ b
8
¼ Eji(i, j ¼ θ, z, r) are written separately for the
ij

2
þ b
E
9
2
þ E
θr
rθ
: ð4:61Þ
rr
convenience of deriving stress.
In a special case without shear deformation, the second Piola–Kirchhoff stresses obtained from the Fung model are:
0@1
S
θθ
S
zz
S
rr
It is noted that only stresses resulting from the strain energy function W(E considered, while the contribution of the internal constraint V(E
A
¼ C
2
b
1b4b6
4
b4b2b b6b5b
3
0@1
5
5
3
E
θθ
A
exp QðÞ: ð4:62Þ
E
zz
E
rr
) can be addressed
ij
) are
ij
separately.
Analogous to the classical theory of elasticity, a nominal strain energy W
n(Dij
)is proposed from which the second Piola–Kirchhoff stress can be symbolically derived as:
^
S
¼ Sijþ p
ij
V
D
where p is an arbitrary scalar, and V
W
n
¼
D
ij
n(Dij
V
n
þ p
ij
D
n
i; j ¼ θ; z; rðÞ, ð4:63Þ
ij
) ¼ 0 is a possible internal constraint.
The nominal strain potential dened in Eq. (4.63) merely serves the purpose of mathematical derivation of stresses where the physical meaning is different from the conventional denition where strain energy function connects the conjugate stress and strain pairs (Ogden, 1984). Since the strain tensor in Eq. (4.55) is designed to absorb the nonlinearity of the stress–strain relationship and the nonlinear coupling between different directions, a quadratic nominal strain potential is proposed as:

W
1
c
¼
n
2
þc13DθθDrrþ c23DzzDrrþ c44D
þc
66
2
D
11
θθ

2
D
θz
þ c22D
2
þ D
zθ
2
þ c33D
zz
:
2
þ c
12DθθDzz
rr

2
þ D
zr
2
rz

2
D
þ c
þ D
55
θr
ð4:64Þ
2
rθ
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According to Eq. (4.63), the resulting stress–strain relation is linear. Note the contribution of constraint V
) are discarded for brevi ty.
n(Dij
Generalized Hookes Law
With the denitions of Eqs. (4.63) and (4.64), the second Piola–Kirchhoff stresses and the log-exp strains (without shear components) are connected by:
0@1
S
θθ
S
zz
S
rr
which, including n in Eq. (4.55), requires 7 model parameters (same as in the Fung model).
Equation (4.65) is in the form of the generalized Hookes law, where the constants cs (with the unit of stress) can be interpreted as the elastic moduli with respect to the log-exp strains. Fo r the convenience of illustration, it will be further assumed that the vessel wall is volumetrically incompressible. As a result, the third invariant of the right Cauchy-Green deformation tensor U
A
2
c
4
¼
c12c22c c13c23c
11c12c13
3
5
23
33
0@1
D
θθ
A
D
zz
D
rr
2
, ð4:65Þ
must be unity:
2
2
J
¼ λ
3
2
λ
λ
¼ 1, ð4:66Þ
θ
z
r
which implies that the principal log-exp strains in Eq. (4.57) are linearly related as:
D
þ Dzzþ Drr¼ 0: ð4:67Þ
θθ
This result can be used to reduce the 3D Hookes law (Eq. 4.65) to a 2D form.
Substitution of the D
solved from Eq. (4.67)andλr¼ 1/(λθλz) from Eq. (4.66)
rr
into Eqs. ( 4.65), (4.57) and (4.58 ) yields the following equation:
0@1
S
θθ
S
zz
S
rr
A
¼
2
d
4
d21d d31d
11d12
3

D
5
22
D
32
θθ
, ð4:68Þ
zz
where
d
¼ c11 c13, d12¼ c12 c13,
11
d
¼ c12 c23, d22¼ c22 c23,
21
d
¼ c13 c33, d32¼ c23 c33:
31
Equation (4.68) is actual ly a 2D formulation in which stresses depend on D
D
.
zz
ð4:69Þ
and
θθ
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Under the assumption of incompressibility, the 3D Fung model (Eq. 4.62) also reduces to a 2D form. Based on Eqs. (4.56) and (4.66), one can obtain:
E
rr
2EθθEzzþ Eθθþ E
¼
2Eθθþ 1ðÞ2Ezzþ 1ðÞ
zz
: ð4:70Þ
Substitution of Eq. (4.70) into Eq. (4.62), the second Piola–Kirchhoff stresses in the Fung model can be expressed as functions of the Green strains E
and Ezz. In the
θθ
following sections, the material constants of the generalized Hookes law can be determined from the Fung model for blood vessels.
The experimental data are tted with the Hookes law in Eq. (4.68) to determine the nonlinearity parameter n which denes the log-exp strains (Eq. 4.57) that best linearize the Fung model. In other wor ds, an optimal n that makes the linear model best represent the experimental datamust be found. Specically, it is required that n results in a minimum relative least squares error (RLSE) dened as:
where S
LSEθþ LSEzþ wLSE

RLSE ¼
e
e
, S
θθ
zz
, and S
e
are the experimental data, N is the total number of sampled
rr
P
N

e
S
θθ
þ S
e
zz

þ wS
r
, ð4:71Þ
e
rr
points, w is the weight of least squares error in the radial direction (w ¼ 1 for the 3D and w ¼ 0 for the 2D model) and
ffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi
s

LSE
X
¼
i
e
S
ii
N
S
2
f
i ¼ θ; z; rðÞ ð4:72Þ
ii
denotes the error contr ibution from θ, z, and r directions, respectively. The super­script f in Eq. (4.72) means ttedvalue.
For comparison purpose, please see Appendix 4 for the Fungs exponential model while the bi-phasic model is introduced below. The strain energy function of the bi-phasic model is proposed by Hol zapfel et al. (2005) which can be written as:
W ¼ μ I
where I stress, and k
3ðÞþ
1
2
¼ λ
þ λ
1
θ
> 0 and ρ 2 [0, 1] are dimensionless parameters. μ is associated with
2
the non-collagenous matrix of the material, which describes the isotropic part of the overall response of the tissue (Holzapfel et al., 2000). The constants k associated with the aniso tropic contribution of collagen to the overall response (Holzapfel et al., 2000). Since there are no shear loadings in the experiments (Wang et al., 2006) and the assumption that all the bers are embedded in the

k
1
k
2
2
2
þ λ
z
r
hino
exp k21 ρðÞI1 3ðÞρ I4 1ðÞ
2
1
, ð4:73aÞ
and I4> 1 are invariants, μ > 0 and k1> 0 have the units of
and k2are
1
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tangential surface of the tissue (no components in the radial direction), I4in Eq. (4.73a) can be expressed as:
2
I
¼ λ
cos2φ þ λ
4
θ
2
sin2φ, ð4:73bÞ
z
The collagen bers in this model are assumed to be arranged in helical structures, and φ is the angle of the bers with respect to circumferential direction. The second term in Eq. (4.73a) contributes to W only when I
> 1 (Holzapfel et al., 2005;
4
Holzapfel, Gasser, & Ogden, 2004).
Determination of Material Constants
Experimental data are provided by a previous study on the passive mechanical properties of porcine coronary arteries (Chap. 3). Briey, a series of ination tests are done on cannulated vessels under different axial stretch ratios (Wang, Zhang, & Kassab, 2008). Outer radius r Vessel rings are taken from the specimen and a radial cut is made to the vessel ring to reveal the zero-stress state. Inner circumference C area A are recorded. There are two steps in determining the material constants for Hookes law. The rst step is to derive the equations that express the external loadings (internal pressure p constants. The second step is to use a separable nonlinear least squares method to determine the material constants by minimizing the differences between theoretical and measured values of external loadings. Material constants for the bi-phasic model are determined by the standard nonlinear Levenberg-Marquardt method. The results are summarized in Tables 4.17 and 4.18 for the RCA and LAD arteries, respectively.
, internal pressure piand axial force F are measured.
o
, outer circumference Co, and wall
i
and axial force F) as functions of strains and material
i
Table 4.17 Material constants of the constitutive equation obtained from experimental data of right coronary artery (RCA)
(a) Generalized Hookes law. Units of linear material parameters, i.e., c parameter n is a nondimensional number
nc
Heart11.31 19.97 18.39 15.28 3.54 8.95 5.27 0.97 0.99 16.6 14.8
Heart21.28 11.54 33.37 15.41 3.92 2.95 8.74 0.98 0.97 15.6 22.4
Heart31.06 19.79 38.44 14.80 0.22 7.21 4.71 0.98 0.98 14.0 20.0
Heart41.33 11.94 17.18 25.92 2.97 6.92 6.50 0.98 0.99 15.2 14.1
Heart51.76 20.11 37.28 20.00 9.37 11.98 16.45 0.98 0.99 11.7 11.6
are kPa. Nonlinear
11–c23
2
R
( pi)
RMS % (FT)
2
c
c
11
22
c
33
12c13
R
c
(FT)
23
RMS % ( pi)
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(a) Generalized Hookes law. Units of linear material parameters, i.e., c11–c23are kPa. Nonlinear parameter n is a nondimensional number
nc
11
2
R
( pi)
RMS % (FT)
2
c
c
22
c
33
12c13
R
c
(FT)
23
RMS % ( pi)
Heart62.20 10.35 15.32 16.00 4.01 7.40 8.03 0.99 0.99 9.4 8.3
Mean 1.49 15.62 26.66 17.90 4.01 7.57 8.28 0.98 0.99 13.8 15.2
SD 0.42 4.78 10.80 4.36 2.98 2.94 4.29 0.005 0.01 2.7 5.2
(b) Fungs exponential model. Material parameter C has the units of stress (kPa), b
are dimensionless constants
and b
6
Cb
b
1
b3b
2
b
4
5
2
2
R
R
b
(FT)
6
( pi)
1
RMS% (FT)
, b2, b3, b4, b5,
RMS% ( pi)
Heart17.73 1.29 2.04 0.64 0.26 0.06 0.07 0.98 0.98 13.6 16.1
Heart27.78 1.32 2.73 0.16 0.38 0.08 0.02 0.99 0.98 14.9 20.5
Heart310.13 0.95 2.69 0.82 0.30 0.05 0.15 0.99 0.97 12.5 23.5
Heart44.37 1.21 2.68 0.75 0.28 0.03 0.03 0.99 0.99 18.9 16.1
Heart57.78 1.64 2.54 0.25 0.31 0.01 0.01 0.99 0.99 16.7 20.9
Heart64.35 1.30 3.57 0.90 0.26 0.09 0.03 0.99 0.96 10.9 17.4
Mean 7.02 1.29 2.71 0.59 0.30 0.05 0.05 0.99 0.98 14.6 19.1
SD 2.26 0.22 0.49 0.31 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.003 0.01 2.9 3.0
(c) Bi-Phasic model. Material parameter μ > 0 and k
> 0 have the units of stress, k2> 0 and
1
ρ 2 [0, 1] are dimensionless parameters, and the unit of φ is degree
μ k
k
1
φρR2(FT) R2( pi) RMS% (FT) RMS% ( pi)
2
Heart 1 8.57 0.40 0.98 43.60 0.69 0.99 0.98 10.8 21.3 Heart 2 9.36 0.10 1.46 46.27 0.35 0.99 0.97 12.4 22.6 Heart 3 6.11 2.64 0.64 89.98 0.55 0.99 0.97 16.4 25.6 Heart 4 12.02 0.49 0.40 39.92 0.32 0.94 0.96 27.5 31.2 Heart 5 10.58 0.06 1.40 8.73 0.32 0.99 0.99 13.3 10.2 Heart 6 10.90 1.52 0.88 74.17 0.72 0.99 0.93 7.2 27.7
Mean 9.59 0.87 0.96 50.44 0.49 0.98 0.97 14.6 23.1
SD 2.09 1.02 0.42 28.43 0.19 0.02 0.02 7.0 7.3
2
R
is correlation coefcient; RMS% is the percentage of the root mean square error of the t
compared to the mean value. Both are computed for the total axial force (F
). Reproduced from Zhang, Wang, et al. (2007) with permission
( p
i
) and inner pressure
T