The effect of strain rate on fracture toughness of human cortical bone: A finite element study

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1021-1032

  Ural, Ani ^a   Zioupos, Peter ^b   Buchanan, Drew ^a   Vashishth, Deepak ^c  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesive finite element method; Cortical bone; Fracture toughness; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

COHESIVE FINITE ELEMENT; COHESIVE FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; COMPACT TENSION SPECIMEN; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; CORTICAL BONE; EFFECT OF STRAIN; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; HIGH LOADING RATE; HIGH STRAINS; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; STRAIN RATE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; RATING; THERMOELECTRICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

STRAIN RATE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORTICAL BONE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POROSITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960563358     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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