Cohesive finite element modeling of age-related toughness loss in human cortical bone

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2974-2982

  Ural, Ani ^a   Vashishth, Deepak ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical bone; Finite element method; Fracture toughness; Microcracking

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROCRACKING;

AGE-RELATED TOUGHNESS LOSS; COMPACT TENSION (CT); CORTICAL BONE; R-CURVE SLOPE;

BONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE FRAGILITY; CORTICAL BONE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33751244502     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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