Communi y Challenge owa ds Consensus on
Cha ac e iza ion o Biological Tissue: Fi s Findings
Supplemen al Figu es
P ep in submi ed o Jou nal o Biomechanics No embe 22, 2024
1. S anda d De ia ion on S ess/S ain
Figu e S1: Enginee ing s ess - enginee ing s ain cu es o longi udinal specimen ypes
ob ained in ound 1, g ouped pe esea ch g oup (RG). Ve ical lines ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion (SD) o s ess alues a s ain le els o 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. Ho izon al lines
indica e he SD o s ain alues a he mean s ess alue co esponding o hese s ain
le els. Measu emen unce ain y on he mean s ess alue is shown a each s ain le el,
accoun ing o a 0.1 N load cell unce ain y and 0.02 mm unce ain y in specimen hickness
and wid h measu emen s.
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Figu e S2: Enginee ing s ess - enginee ing s ain cu es o longi udinal specimen ypes
ob ained in ound 2, g ouped pe esea ch g oup (RG). Ve ical lines ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion (SD) o s ess alues a s ain le els o 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. Ho izon al lines
indica e he SD o s ain alues a he mean s ess alue co esponding o hese s ain
le els. Measu emen unce ain y on he mean s ess alue is shown a each s ain le el,
accoun ing o a 0.1 N load cell unce ain y and 0.02 mm unce ain y in specimen hickness
and wid h measu emen s.
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Figu e S3: Enginee ing s ess - enginee ing s ain cu es o ci cum e en ial specimen ypes
ob ained in ound 1, g ouped pe esea ch g oup (RG). Ve ical lines ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion (SD) o s ess alues a s ain le els o 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. Ho izon al lines
indica e he SD o s ain alues a he mean s ess alue co esponding o hese s ain
le els. Measu emen unce ain y on he mean s ess alue is shown a each s ain le el,
accoun ing o a 0.1 N load cell unce ain y and 0.02 mm unce ain y in specimen hickness
and wid h measu emen s.
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Figu e S4: Enginee ing s ess - enginee ing s ain cu es o ci cum e en ial specimen ypes
ob ained in ound 2, g ouped pe esea ch g oup (RG). Ve ical lines ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion (SD) o s ess alues a s ain le els o 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. Ho izon al lines
indica e he SD o s ain alues a he mean s ess alue co esponding o hese s ain
le els. Measu emen unce ain y on he mean s ess alue is shown a each s ain le el,
accoun ing o a 0.1 N load cell unce ain y and 0.02 mm unce ain y in specimen hickness
and wid h measu emen s.
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Figu e S5: Enginee ing s ess - enginee ing s ain cu es o syn he ic 1A specimen ypes
ob ained in ound 1, g ouped pe esea ch g oup (RG). Ve ical lines ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion (SD) o s ess alues a s ain le els o 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. Ho izon al lines
indica e he SD o s ain alues a he mean s ess alue co esponding o hese s ain
le els. Measu emen unce ain y on he mean s ess alue is shown a each s ain le el,
accoun ing o a 0.1 N load cell unce ain y and 0.02 mm unce ain y in specimen hickness
and wid h measu emen s.
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Figu e S6: Enginee ing s ess - enginee ing s ain cu es o syne he ic 1B specimen ypes
ob ained in ound 1, g ouped pe esea ch g oup (RG). Ve ical lines ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion (SD) o s ess alues a s ain le els o 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. Ho izon al lines
indica e he SD o s ain alues a he mean s ess alue co esponding o hese s ain
le els. Measu emen unce ain y on he mean s ess alue is shown a each s ain le el,
accoun ing o a 0.1 N load cell unce ain y and 0.02 mm unce ain y in specimen hickness
and wid h measu emen s.
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Figu e S7: Enginee ing s ess - enginee ing s ain cu es o syne he ic 2 specimen ypes
ob ained in ound 1, g ouped pe esea ch g oup (RG). Ve ical lines ep esen he s anda d
de ia ion (SD) o s ess alues a s ain le els o 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4. Ho izon al lines
indica e he SD o s ain alues a he mean s ess alue co esponding o hese s ain
le els. Measu emen unce ain y on he mean s ess alue is shown a each s ain le el,
accoun ing o a 0.1 N load cell unce ain y and 0.02 mm unce ain y in specimen hickness
and wid h measu emen s.
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2. Co a iance o S ess/S ain
Figu e S8: Co a iance o enginee ing s ess e sus he co a iance o enginee ing s ain
a s ain le els 0.1 o 0.5 wi h 0.1 s eps. Co a iance alues a e calcula ed pe esea ch
g oup. Resea ch g oups o which bo h co a iance alues all wi hin he h eshold o 0.33
a e ep esen ed by do s, while hose wi h ei he co a iance alue exceeding his h eshold
a e ma ked wi h ‘×’ ma ke s. The pe cen age o esea ch g oups whose co a iance alues
emain wi hin he h eshold is indica ed on each plo . The da a a e o ganised by specimen
ype and sepa a ed by es ing ound 1 (R1) and 2 (R2).
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