In situ micropillar compression reveals superior strength and ductility but an absence of damage in lamellar bone

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 740-747

  Schwiedrzik, Jakob ^a   Raghavan, Rejin ^b,c   Bürki, Alexander ^a   Lenader, Victor ^b   Wolfram, Uwe ^a   Michler, Johann ^b   Zysset, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; DUCTILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YIELD STRESS;

DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICRO-PILLAR COMPRESSIONS; MICROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; RHEOLOGICAL MODELING; STRENGTH AND DUCTILITIES;

BONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84903219454     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3959     Document Type: Article

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