Effect of porosity and mineral content on the elastic constants of cortical bone: A multiscale approach

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-322

  Martinez Reina J ^a   Dominguez J ^a   Garcia Aznar J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Elastic constants; Micromechanics; Mineral content; Multiscale model; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; MICROMECHANICS; MINERALS;

COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CORTICAL BONE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIBRIL COLLAGEN; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MINERAL CONTENT; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTISCALE MODELING; OSTEONS; POROSITY CONTENTS;

POROSITY;

MINERAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MINERALS; POROSITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79957912197     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0236-4     Document Type: Article

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