Experimental poromechanics of trabecular bone strength: Role of Terzaghi's effective stress and of tissue level stress fluctuations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-508

  Brynk, Tomasz ^a   Hellmich, Christian ^b   Fritsch, Andreas ^b   Zysset, Philippe ^b   Eberhardsteiner, Josef ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mechanical testing; Poromechanics; Trabecular bone; Triaxial testing

Indexed keywords

BONE FAILURES; BONE MATRIX; DEVIATORIC STRESS STATE; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FAILURE CRITERIA; GEOMATERIALS; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONE; INTERNAL PORES; OVERALL FAILURE; PORO-MECHANICS; STRENGTH VALUES; STRESS FLUCTUATIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TISSUE LEVELS; TISSUE STRESS; TRABECULAR BONE STRENGTH; TRABECULAR BONES; TRIAXIAL TESTING; ULTRASONIC TEST; ZERO PRESSURE;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; PORE PRESSURE; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

BONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MATRIX; BONE STRENGTH; CATTLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 78651457509     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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