Poromechanical Modeling of Porcine Knee Joint Considering Site-Dependent Material Properties of Articular Cartilage from Indentation Testing

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This thesis develops a poromechanical model of the porcine knee using spatially varying cartilage properties. Indentation and thickness measurements were combined with anatomical imaging and constitutive analysis. The work investigates how local material variation influences the representation of joint behavior.