Finite element dependence of stress evaluation for human trabecular bone

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-212

  Depalle, B ^a,b   Chapurlat, R ^a,b   Walter Le Berre, H ^b,c   Bou Said B ^b,c   Follet, H ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Human vertebra; Mechanical properties; Stress; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

BONE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COMPRESSION TESTS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; ELEMENT FORMULATION; ELEMENT TYPE; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FULLY INTEGRATED; HEXAHEDRAL ELEMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONE; HUMAN VERTEBRA; LINEAR ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; LINEAR ELEMENT; LOW DENSITY; LOW RESOLUTION; MEAN AGES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; MICRO CT; QUADRATIC ELEMENT; REDUCED INTEGRATION; STRESS EVALUATIONS; STRESS FIELD; STRESS PREDICTION; STRESS RAISERS; TRABECULAE BONE; TRABECULAR BONES; TRABECULAR THICKNESS; VOXEL SIZE; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES;

BONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84872854139     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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