Effect of Specimen Thickness on Fracture Toughness of Bovine Patellar Cartilage

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 927-929

  Adams, D J ^a   Brosche, K M ^b   Lewis, J L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Mayo Mail Code 609   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PATELLAR CARTILAGE;

CARTILAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRACK TIP OPENING ANGLE; DOG; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CATTLE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; PATELLA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0742323973     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1635405     Document Type: Article

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