Multiscale modeling of elastic properties of cortical bone

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-154

  Hamed, Elham ^a   Lee, Yikhan ^a   Jasiuk, Iwona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; COLLAGEN MOLECULES; CORTICAL BONE; DIFFERENT SCALE; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LAMINATE THEORY; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURAL LEVELS; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURAL; NON-COLLAGENOUS PROTEINS; OSTEONS; SINGLE LAMELLA;

APATITE; COLLAGEN; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; HYDROXYAPATITE;

BONE;

EID: 77954959951     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-010-0326-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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