The fatigue properties of human cortical bone

Swanson, S. A. V.<sup>1</sup>; Freeman, M. A. R.<sup>1</sup>; Day, W. H.<sup>1</sup>

Affiliations

¹Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College, London S.W.7, England

Abstract

Rotating cantileverfatigue tests were performed on specimens extracted longitudinally from the cortices of human femora. The usual inverse relationship between stress amplitude and fatigue life was found; the median life was 1.3×10⁴ cycles at a stress amplitude of 12,200 lbf/in² (84.1 MN/m²) and 4.6×10⁶ cycles at 6750 lbf/in² (46.6 MN/m²). Arguments are advanced which suggest that these results are compatible with what is known of the stresses applied in life and the clinical occurrence of fatigue fractures.

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DOI: 10.1007/BF02474401

PubMed: 5580484

WoS: A1971J005300003

History

Received: 1970-11-17

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