Mixed-mode toughness of human cortical bone containing a longitudinal crack in far-field compression

Bone

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 331-336

  Olvera, Diana ^a   Zimmermann, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Ritchie, Robert O ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Human cortical bone; Mixed mode loading; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; SHEAR STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 82655177675     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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