Mechanistic aspects of the fracture toughness of elk antler bone

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1505-1514

  Launey, M E ^a   Chen, P Y ^b   McKittrick, J ^b   Ritchie, R O ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cortical bone; Elk antler; Fracture toughness; Resistance curves

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ADAPTIVE MATERIALS; ANTLER BONES; CORTICAL BONE; ELK ANTLER; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; INTRINSIC STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; PROPERTY; RESISTANCE CURVES;

BONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; HORN; MECHANICS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 76949085559     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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