Indentation techniques for evaluating the fracture toughness of biomaterials and hard tissues

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-395

  Kruzic, J J ^a   Kim, D K ^b   Koester, K J ^c   Ritchie, R O ^c,d  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CHARACTERIZATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; INDENTATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); TISSUE;

CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; INDENTATION FRACTURE; INDENTATION TOUGHNESS; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATERIAL INTERFACES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

BIOMATERIAL; GLASS;

ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349181721     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.10.008     Document Type: Note

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