Analysis of miniature single- and double-notch bending specimens for estimating the fracture toughness of cortical bone

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 100 A, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1080-1088

  McCormack, Jordan ^a   Wang, Xiang S ^b   Stover, Susan M ^c   Gibeling, Jeffery C ^d   Fyhrie, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GE ENERGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical bone; crack propagation; DN4PB; fracture toughness; SN3PB

Indexed keywords

BENDING SPECIMENS; BONE FRACTURE; BONE MATRIX; BONE MECHANICS; CORTICAL BONE; DN4PB; FOUR-POINT; FOUR-POINT BENDING; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; MICRO-DAMAGE; PARTIAL FAILURE; PREFAILURE; SINGLE SPECIMEN; SN3PB; TEST SPECIMENS; THREE POINT BENDING; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE MATRIX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DOUBLE NOTCH FOUR POINT BENDING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MECHANICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NOTCHED SPECIMENS OFTEN IN FOUR POINT;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 84862776886     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34005     Document Type: Article

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