An experimentally validated micromechanical model of a rat vertebra under compressive loading

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-46

  Tsafnat, Naomi ^a   Wroe, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compression test; Finite element analysis; Microstructure; X ray micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650086286     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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