Tensile damage and its effects on cortical bone

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Kotha, S. P.¹; Guzelsu, N.¹

Tensile damage and its effects on cortical bone

J Biomech. November 2003;36(11):1683-1689

©2003 Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved.

Affiliations

¹Biomechanics and Biomaterials Laboratory, University of Missouri—Kansas City, 650 E. 25th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA

²Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, SOM, Tr. #4, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Abstract and keywords

Plexiform bovine bone samples are repeatedly loaded in tension along their longitudinal axis. In order to induce damage in the bone tissue, bone samples are loaded past their yield point. Half of the bone samples from the damaged group were stored in saline to allow for viscoelastic recovery while the others were decalcified. Tensile tests were conducted on these samples to characterize the effects of damage on the mechanical behavior of the organic matrix (decalcified samples) as well as on bone tissue (stored in saline). The ultimate strain of the damaged decalcified bone is 29% higher compared to that of non-damaged decalcified (control) bone. The ultimate stresses as well as the elastic moduli are similar in both decalcified groups. This phenomenon is also observed in other collagenous tissue (tendon and ligament). This may suggest that damage in bone is caused by shear failure of the organic matrix; transverse separation of the collagen molecules or microfibrils from each other. In contrast, there is a trend towards lowered ultimate strains in damaged bone, which is soaked in saline, with respect to control bone samples (not damaged). The damaged bone tissue exhibits a bi-linear behavior in contrast to the mechanical behavior of non-damaged bone. The initial elastic modulus (below 55 MPa) and ultimate strength of damaged bone are similar to that in non-damaged bone.

Keywords: Plexiform bone; Decalcified bone; Shear failure; Damage in type I collagen; Organic matrix
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DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00169-6

PubMed: 14522210

WoS: 000185956500012
History

Accepted: 2003-04-02

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