A three-scale finite element investigation into the effects of tissue mineralisation and lamellar organisation in human cortical and trabecular bone

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-62

  Vaughan, T J ^a   McCarthy, C T ^b   McNamara, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bone; Composite materials; Composition; Finite element homogenisation; Tissue structure

Indexed keywords

BONE FRACTURE; BONE MECHANICS; BONE TISSUE; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; CORTICAL TISSUES; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT INVESTIGATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; HOMOGENISATION; LAMELLAR LEVEL; LAMELLAR ORIENTATIONS; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO CT; MICRO-SCALES; MICROSTRUCTURAL LEVELS; MINERAL CRYSTALS; MINERALISATION; MULTISCALE FINITE ELEMENT; MULTISCALE MODELLING APPROACH; NANO SCALE; NANOSTRUCTURAL; NORMAL TISSUE; ORGANIC COLLAGEN; PROSTHETIC IMPLANTATION; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; STIFFNESS PROPERTIES; TISSUE LEVELS; TISSUE MODULUS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRABECULAR BONES;

ASPECT RATIO; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HYDROXYAPATITE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MINERALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861698730     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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