Bone as a composite material: The role of osteons as barriers to crack growth in compact bone

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1051-1056

  O'Brien, Fergal J ^a,b   Taylor, David ^b   Clive Lee, T ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bone; Fatigue; Microcrack; Propagation

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE TESTING; MICROCRACKS;

CEMENT LINES; CHELATING AGENTS; MICROCRACK LENGTH; OSTEONS;

BONE;

EID: 33947214501     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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