The significance of crack-resistance curves to the mixed-mode fracture toughness of human cortical bone

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5297-5305

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

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack growth resistance curve; Fracture toughness; Human cortical bone; Mixed mode fracture

Indexed keywords

CRACK DEFLECTIONS; CRACK EXTENSION; CRACK GROWTH; CRACK TRAJECTORY; CRACK-GROWTH RESISTANCE; CRACK-GROWTH RESISTANCE CURVE; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL DRIVING; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MIXED MODE; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MIXED-MODE LOADING; MODE II; R-CURVES; RESISTANCE CURVES; TENSILE LOADING; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

BONE; CRACKS; DURABILITY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77952582148     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.03.056     Document Type: Article

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