Ultrasonic method for measuring elastic coefficients of bone and results on fresh and dried bovine bones

Lang, Sidney B.<sup>1,3</sup>

Affiliations

¹Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, Calif

²Current address: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The elastic stiffness coefficients of dried bovine phalanx and femur and of fresh bovine phalanx were measured by an ultrasonic technique. An analysis of the electrical behavior and the crystallographic and morphological character of bone showed that it is a texture which has the same form of the elastic coefficient matrix as a hexagonal single crystal. The five elastic stiffness coefficients of fresh phalanx are: C₁₁=1.97, C₁₂=1.21, C₁₃=1.26, C₃₃=3.20, C₄₄= (all in units of 10¹⁰ N/m²). Values of the Young's and shear moduli as a function of direction were calculated.

Links

DOI: 10.1109/tbme.1970.4502706

PubMed: 5422484

WoS: A1970G112000002

History

Received: 1969=02-20

Revised: 1969-06-16

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