Fracture in human cortical bone: Local fracture criteria and toughening mechanisms

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1517-1525

  Nalla, R K ^a   Stolken J S ^b   Kinney, J H ^b   Ritchie, R O ^a  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Fracture; Microstructure; Toughening

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MICROCRACKING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; TOUGHENING;

CORTICLE BONES; CRACK DEFLECTION; MICROMECHANICAL MODELS;

BONE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLASTICITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 19744378214     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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