Nanoindentation testing and finite element simulations of cortical bone allowing for anisotropic elastic and inelastic mechanical response

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1852-1858

  Carnelli, Davide ^a,b   Lucchini, Riccardo ^a   Ponzoni, Matteo ^a   Contro, Roberto ^a   Vena, Pasquale ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cortical bone; Finite elements; Nanoindentation; Post elastic behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC; ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BONE TISSUE; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; CORTICAL BONE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEM SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HARDNESS RATIO; INDENTATION CURVE; INDENTATION EXPERIMENT; INDENTATION MODULUS; INDENTATION TESTING; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICROSTRUCTURAL LEVELS; MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS; NANOINDENTATION TESTING; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PEAK LOAD; POST-ELASTIC BEHAVIOUR; SIMULATED INDENTATION TEST; TENSION-COMPRESSION; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NANOINDENTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TISSUE; YIELD STRESS;

BONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE TISSUE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; COW; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NANOINDENTATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TENSION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79959505459     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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