Investigation into the material properties of beech wood and cortical bone

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Murdoch, A H ^a   Mathias, K J ^a   Shepherd, D E T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beech wood; Compression; Cortical bone; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPACTION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATERIALS SCIENCE; ORTHOPEDICS; WOOD;

CORTICAL BONE; ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ARTICLE; BEECH; BEECH WOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FAGUS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WOOD;

FAGUS;

EID: 0842290649     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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