Fracture analysis for biological materials with an expanded cohesive zone model

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2244-2248

  An, Bingbing ^a   Zhao, Xinluo ^a   Arola, Dwayne ^b   Zhang, Dongsheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cohesive zone model; Fracture; R curve; Thermodynamic consistency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; PROTEINS;

COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; CRACK-GROWTH RESISTANCE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; MATERIAL SEPARATION; R-CURVES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THERMODYNAMIC CONSISTENCY;

BONE;

BIOMATERIAL; MATRIX PROTEIN; MINERAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE GROWTH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORTICAL BONE; DENTIN; ELASTICITY; EXPANDED COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS; THROMBOCYTE;

BONE; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; FRACTURE; R-CURVE; THERMODYNAMIC CONSISTENCY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTIN; ELASTICITY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASTICS; PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84902156956     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.04.054     Document Type: Article

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