Young's modulus, density and material properties in cancellous bone over a large density range

Hodgskinson, R.; Currey, J. D.

Affiliations

¹Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK

Abstract

Data on the compressive properties of cancellous bone cubes with a large range of densities (relative densities compared with compact bone of 0.04–0.60) show that the exponent relating the Young's modulus to the density is close to quadratic and that it is improbable that the material Young's modulus of our specimens was less than 8 GPa, and was probably considerably higher.

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DOI: 10.1007/BF00705371

WoS: A1992JP86100011

History

Received: 1991-09-02

Accepted: 1991-10-08

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