Determination of mechanical properties of human femoral cortical bone by the Hopkinson bar stress technique

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Katsamanis, Fotios¹; Raftopoulos, Demetrios D.²

Determination of mechanical properties of human femoral cortical bone by the Hopkinson bar stress technique

J Biomech. 1990;23(11):1173-1184

©1990 Pergamon Press plc

Affiliations

¹Hellenic Naval Academy, 18501 Piraeous, Greece

²Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606. U.S.A.
Abstract

The Hopkinson bar stress technique and a universal testing machine (Instron 1125) have been used to investigate the dynamic and static mechanical properties of cortical bone taken from a human femur respectively. We found that the average dynamic Young's modulus value (E_d = 19.9 GPa) to be 23% higher than the average static Young's modulus value (E_d = 16.2 GPa). Furthermore, the Poisson's ratio did not exhibit any significant variation for the two different types of loading. No difference was observed between the values of the dynamic Young's modulus in tension and those found in compression. A comparison was made of the results of this study with those found by other researchers using different techniques, such as ultrasonics, and it was found that they agree well with most of the results of previous studies. Finally, the viscosity for cortical bone found in this study correlates with viscosity reported by Tennyson et al. [Expl Mech.12, 502–507 (1972)] for ten days post mortem age specimens.
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DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(90)90010-Z

PubMed: 2277052

WoS: A1990EK81600010
History

Received: 1990-04-17

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