The BMUR was able to sustain a relatively high IOP before rupturing. The uniaxial tensile tests showed that the BMC tangent moduli were about three times of those of the sclera at strains of 0.01 and 0.02. Although the sclera is approximately 47 times thicker, the BMC is still likely to make a significant contribution (3.51% to 9.79% at a strain of <0.03) to the overall structural strength of the ocular wall.
Tan et al. (Tue,) studied this question.