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Table 1 Material properties

From: 3-D computer modelling of malunited posterior malleolar fractures: effect of fragment size and offset on ankle stability, contact pressure and pattern

 

Cortical bone

Trabecular bone

Cartilage

Density, ρ [t/mm3]

1.98e-9

4.3e-10

1.3e-9

Young’s modulus, E[MP]

17,000

477

12

Poisson’s ratio

0.3

0.3

0.4