The double cantilever beam test applied to mode I fracture characterization of cortical bone tissue

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 446-453

  Morais, J J L ^a   de Moura, M F S F ^b   Pereira, F A M ^a   Xavier, J ^a   Dourado, N ^a   Dias, M I R ^c   Azevedo, J M T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bone; Compliance; Fracture toughness; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BONE; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DATA REDUCTION; FRACTURE ENERGY; MODELS; NANOCANTILEVERS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; COMPLIANCE; CORTICAL BONE TISSUES; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM TEST; LONGITUDINAL PROPAGATION; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RESISTANCE CURVES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM TEST; ENERGY; FEMUR FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CATTLE; FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PATHOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; FRACTURES, BONE; MATERIALS TESTING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955064860     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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