Orientation dependence of the fracture mechanics of cortical bone

Behiri, J. C.<sup>1</sup>; Bonfield, W.<sup>1</sup>

Affiliations

¹Department of Materials, Queen Mary College, London E1 4NS, U.K.

Abstract

The fracture mechanics parameter of the critical stress intensity factor (Kc) was determined by a modified compact tension test method, for the fracture of bovine tibia cortical bone at orientations of 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 75° and 90° to the bone axis. It was established that, for a given loading rate, a variation in orientation from 0–90° produced average increases in K_c from 3.2 to 6.5 MN m^−3/2.

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DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(89)90070-5

PubMed: 2613722

WoS: A1989CH07400012

History

Revised: 1988-09-28

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