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Table 1 Material and mechanical properties of different parts used in the finite element model

From: The appropriate hybrid surgical strategy in three-level cervical degenerative disc disease: a finite element analysis

Component

Young’s modulus (MPa)

Poisson’s ratio

Element type

Cortical bone and endplate

12,000.0

0.3

Triangular shell element

Cancellous bone

100.0

0.25

Tetrahedral element

Disc annulus

3.4

0.4

Hexahedral element

Disc nucleus

1.0

0.49

Hexahedral element

CoCr alloy

210,000.0

0.3

Tetrahedral element

UHMWPE

3000.0

0.3

Tetrahedral element

Ligament

Nonlinear tension only connector