Theoretical bounds for the influence of tissue-level ductility on the apparent-level strength of human trabecular bone

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1293-1299

  Nawathe, Shashank ^a   Juillard, Frédéric ^a,b   Keaveny, Tony M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone quality; Brittle; Ductile; Finite element analysis; Microarchitecture

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; BONE QUALITY; BONE VOLUME FRACTION; BRITTLE; DUCTILE; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONE; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; THEORETICAL BOUNDS;

BONE; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DUCTILE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TISSUE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AGED; APPARENT LEVEL BONE STRENGTH; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FULLY BRITTLE TISSUE LEVEL BEHAVIOR; FULLY DUCTILE TISSUE LEVEL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE LEVEL DUCTILITY; TRABECULAR BONE;

AGED; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876314753     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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