The ultimate properties of bone tissue:​ the effects of yielding

Burstein, Albert H.<sup>1</sup>; Currey, John D.<sup>1,2</sup>; Frankel, Victor H.<sup>1</sup>; Reilly, Donald T.<sup>1</sup>

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