Anisotropy of the fatigue behaviour of cancellous bone

Dendorfer, S.<sup>1</sup>; Maier, H. J.<sup>2</sup>; Taylor, D.<sup>3</sup>; Hammer, J.<sup>1</sup>

Affiliations

¹Laboratory for Materials Science, Fachhochschule Regensburg, University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Galgenbergstrasse 30, 93053 Regensburg, Germany

²Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffkunde (Materials Science), University of Paderborn, Pohlweg 47-49, 33098 Paderborn, Germany

³Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Abstract and keywords

The fatigue behaviour of materials is of particular interest for the failure prediction of materials and structures exposed to cyclic loading. For trabecular bone structures only a few sets of lifetime data have been reported in the literature and structural measures are commonly not considered. The influence of load contributions which are not aligned with the main physiological axis remains unclear. Furthermore site and species dependent relationships are not well described. In this study five different groups of trabecular bone, defined in terms of orientation, species and site were exposed to cyclic compression. In total, 108 fatigue tests were analysed. The lifetimes were found to decrease drastically when off-axis loads were applied. Additionally, species and site strongly affect fatigue lifetimes. Strains at failure were also found to be a function of orientation.

Keywords: Fatigue; Cancellous bone; Compression; Loading direction; Anisotropy; Mechanical behaviour

Links

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.09.037

PubMed: 18005974

WoS: 000253873000019

History

Revised: 2007-09-28

Accepted: 2007-09-28

Online: 2007-11-19

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