Strain redistribution and cracking behavior of human bone during bending

Bone

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1265-1275

  Ebacher, Vincent ^a   Tang, Cecelia ^a   McKay, Heather ^a   Oxland, Thomas R ^a   Guy, Pierre ^a   Wang, Rizhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bending fracture; Cortical bone; Inelastic deformation; Microdamage; Poisson's ratio; Strain redistribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE INJURY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONG BONE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34047254339     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.12.065     Document Type: Article

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