How does human bone resist fracture?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1192, Issue , 2010, Pages 72-80

  Ritchie, Robert O ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Fracture; Hierarchical structure; Strength; Toughness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

AGING; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICAL BONE; FRACTURE; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HUMAN; NANOANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 77950669298     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05232.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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