The fracture toughness of soft tissues

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-147

  Taylor, David ^a   O'Mara, Niamh ^a   Ryan, Eoin ^a   Takaza, Michael ^a   Simms, Ciaran ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Fracture toughness; Muscle; Soft tissue; Strength

Indexed keywords

CRACK LENGTH; CRITICAL DISTANCE; FAILURE ENERGY; FAILURE STRESS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; LOSS OF STRENGTH; MAMMALIAN TISSUES; NEOCARTILAGE; PORCINE MUSCLE TISSUE; PROCESS ZONE; REANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECTS; SOFT TISSUE; SPECIMEN DIMENSION; SPECIMEN WIDTH; STRENGTH; TEST SPECIMENS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CRACKS; FRACTURE; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; ENERGY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MUSCLES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISC;

EID: 83455195573     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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