On the assessment of brittle-elastic cortical bone fracture in the distal radius

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1917-1927

  Pietruszczak, S ^a   Gdela, K ^a   Webber, C E ^b   Inglis, D ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Centre for Appendicular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropic behaviour; Colles' fracture; Cortical bone

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE;

CORTICAL BONE FRACTURE; CORTICAL TISSUE; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURE CRITERION;

BONE;

ANISOTROPY; BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE;

EID: 34047211540     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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