Impact induced failure of cartilage-on-bone following creep loading: A microstructural and fracture mechanics study

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 239-247

  Thambyah, Ashvin ^a   Zhang, Geran ^a   Kim, Woong ^a   Broom, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; DIC; Fracture mechanics; SEM; Vulnerable joint

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; CONTROL BATCH; CRACK DEPTHS; CRACK LENGTH; CRACK PENETRATION; DIC; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST; DISSIPATIVE PROPERTIES; FIBRILLAR NETWORKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS THEORY; IMPACT EVENTS; INDENTERS; LOADING PROTOCOLS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; OPTICAL IMAGING; RADIAL ZONES; REBOUND VELOCITY; STATIC COMPRESSION;

BONE; CARTILAGE; COMPACTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; CREEP; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LOADING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; CARTILAGE MATRIX; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FRACTURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; FRACTURES, BONE; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84870058537     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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