Bone ultrastructure - Collagen-reinforced mineral matrix or interpenetrating network of hydroxyapatite crystals and collagen molecules?

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 31-34

  Hellmich, Christian ^a   Barthélémy, Jean Francois ^b   Dormieux, Luc ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Bone; Collagen; Continuum micromechanics; Crystal foam; Fibril; Homogenization; Hydroxyapatite

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FOAMS; HYDROXYAPATITE; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORTHOPEDICS; STIFFNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONTINUUM MICROMECHANICS; CRYSTAL FOAMS; FIBRIL; HOMOGENIZATION;

BONE;

EID: 11144300274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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