Effects of viscoelasticity and time-dependent plasticity on nanoindentation measurements of human cortical bone

Fan, Zaifeng; Rho, Jae-Young

Affiliations

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, ET330, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152

²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tennessee–Campbell Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee

Abstract and keywords

The viscoelastic and time‐dependent plastic effects on the nanoindentation measurement of osteonal lamella in a human cortical bone were investigated. The elastic modulus of osteonal lamella obtained from the quasi‐static technique was strongly affected by the indentation rate and time‐dependent plasticity. The effects of time‐dependent plasticity can be diminished by multiple loading–unloading cycles and a long holding period at maximal load. After minimizing the contribution of time‐dependent plasticity to unloading data, it was surprisingly found that the elastic modulus was proportional to indentation strain rate raised to the 0.06 power, which is similar to conventional test results.

Keywords: nanoindentation; strain rate; viscoelasticity; plasticity; osteonal lamella; microstructure

Links

DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10027

PubMed: 14517878

WoS: 000185760300024

History

Received: 2002-05-15

Revised: 2002-10-29

Accepted: 2002-11-21

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