Rate-dependent corneal biomechanics during Corvis ST air-puff loading

Frame-by-frame deflection-amplitude (DA) data were used to calculate the mean DA waveform and corresponding standard deviation. The experimental tensile and Corvis ST data were further combined with a fiber-reinforced viscoelastic constitutive model and whole-eye finite element simulations to characterize corneal deformation under transient air-puff loading.The dataset provides source data supporting the quantitative results presented in the associated study, including mean and standard deviation of nominal stress–strain responses at four strain rates, experimental Corvis ST DA data, best-fit and comparison finite element DA curves, stored-energy components and their relative contributions during air-puff loading, the load-bearing fiber activation factor, and DA curves obtained from the full and reduced viscoelastic models.

These data support the evaluation of matrix–fiber mechanical interactions, rate-dependent viscoelasticity, and the contribution of equilibrium and non-equilibrium constitutive branches to corneal deformation during Corvis ST testing.