Mixed-mode fracture of human cortical bone

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 5877-5884

  Zimmermann, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Launey, Maximilien E ^a   Barth, Holly D ^a,b   Ritchie, Robert O ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanisms; Fracture toughness; Human cortical bone; Mixed mode fracture

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE MATERIALS; DRIVING FORCES; FOUR-POINT BENDING; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FRACTURE RISKS; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; IN-VIVO; MICROSTRUCTURAL PATHS; MIXED MODE; MIXED-MODE FRACTURE; MODE I FRACTURE; MODE II; MODE MIXITY; SHEAR LOADINGS; STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; TRANSVERSE ORIENTATION;

BONE; BUILDING MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANISMS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGED; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 68549134936     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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